Compositions and methods relating to ovary specific genes and proteins

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to newly identified nucleic acids and polypeptides present in normal and neoplastic ovary cells, including fragments, variants and derivatives of the nucleic acids and polypeptides. The present invention also relates to antibodies to the polypeptides of the invention, as well as agonists and antagonists of the polypeptides of the invention. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies, variants, derivatives, agonists and antagonists of the invention and methods for the use of these compositions. These uses include identifying, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating ovarian cancer and non-cancerous disease states in ovary tissue, identifying ovary tissue, monitoring and identifying and/or designing agonists and antagonists of polypeptides of the invention. The uses also include gene therapy, production of transgenic animals and cells, and production of engineered ovary tissue for treatment and research.

[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/249,997 filed Nov. 20, 2000, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to newly identified nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides present in normal and neoplastic ovary cells, including fragments, variants and derivatives of the nucleic acids and polypeptides. The present invention also relates to antibodies to the polypeptides of the invention, as well as agonists and antagonists of the polypeptides of the invention. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies, variants, derivatives, agonists and antagonists of the invention and methods for the use of these compositions. These uses include identifying, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating ovarian cancer and non-cancerous disease states in ovary tissue, identifying ovary tissue and monitoring and identifying and/or designing agonists and antagonists of polypeptides of the invention. The uses also include gene therapy, production of transgenic animals and cells, and production of engineered ovary tissue for treatment and research.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] Cancer of the ovaries is the fourth-most cause of cancer death in women in the United States, with more than 23,000 new cases and roughly 14,000 deaths predicted for the year 2001. Shridhar, V. et al., Cancer Res. 61(15): 5895-904 (2001); Memarzadeh, S. & Berek, J. S., J. Reprod. Med. 46(7): 621-29 (2001). The incidence of ovarian cancer is of serious concern worldwide, with an estimated 191,000 new cases predicted anually. Runnebaum, I. B. & Stickeler, E., J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. 127(2): 73-79 (2001). Because women with ovarian cancer are typically asypmtomatic until the disease has metastasized, and because effective screening for ovarian cancer is not available, roughly 70% of women present with an advanced stage of the cancer, with a five-year survival rate of ˜25-30% at that stage. Memarzadeh, S. & Berek, J. S., supra; Nunns, D. et al., Obstet. Gynecol. Surv. 55(12): 746-51. Conversely, women diagnosed with early stage ovarian cancer enjoy considerably higher survival rates. Werness, B. A. & Eltabbakh, G. H., Int'l. J. Gynecol. Pathol. 20(1): 48-63 (2001).

[0004] Although our understanding of the etiology of ovarian cancer is incomplete, the results of extensive research in this area point to a combination of age, genetics, reproductive, and dietary/environmental factors. Age is a key risk factor in the development of ovarian cancer: while the risk for developing ovarian cancer before the age of 30 is slim, the incidence of ovarian cancer rises linearly between ages 30 to 50, increasing at a slower rate thereafter, with the highest incidence being among septagenarian women. Jeanne M. Schilder et al., Heriditary Ovarian Cancer: Clinical Syndromes and Management, in Ovarian Cancer 182 (Stephen C. Rubin & Gregory P. Sutton eds., 2d ed. 2001).

[0005] With respect to genetic factors, a family history of ovarian cancer is the most significant risk factor in the development of the disease, with that risk depending on the number of affected family members, the degree of their relationship to the woman, and which particular first degree relatives are affected by the disease. Id. Mutations in several genes have been associated with ovarian cancer, including BRCA1 and BRCA2, both of which play a key role in the development of breast cancer, as well as hMSH2 and hMLH1, both of which are associated with heriditary non-polyposis ovary cancer. Katherine Y. Look, Epidemiology, Etiology, and Screening of Ovarian Cancer, in Ovarian Cancer 169, 171-73 (Stephen C. Rubin & Gregory P. Sutton eds., 2d ed. 2001). BRCA1, located on chromosome 17, and BRCA2, located on chromosome 13, are tumor supressor genes implicated in DNA repair; mutations in these genes are linked to roughly 10% of ovarian cancers. Id. at 171-72; Schilder et al., supra at 185-86. hMSH2 and hMLH1 are associated with DNA mismatch repair, and are located on chromsomes 2 and 3, respectively; it has been reported that roughly 3% of heriditary ovarian carcinomas are due to mutations in these genes. Look, supra at 173; Schilder et al., supra at 184, 188-89.

[0006] Reproductive factors have also been associated with an increased or reduced risk of ovarian cancer. Late menopause, nulliparity, and early age at menarche have all been linked with an elevated risk of ovarian cancer. Schilder et al., supra at 182. One theory hypothesizes that these factors increase the number of ovulatory cycles over the course of a woman's life, leading to “incessant ovulation,” which is thought to be the primary cause of mutations to the ovarian epithelium. Id.; Laura J. Havrilesky & Andrew Berchuck, Molecular Alterations in Sporadic Ovarian Cancer, in Ovarian Cancer 25 (Stephen C. Rubin & Gregory P. Sutton eds., 2d ed. 2001). The mutations may be explained by the fact that ovulation results in the destruction and repair of that epithelium, necessitating increased cell division, thereby increasing the possibility that an undesried mutation will occur. Id. Support for this theory may be found in the fact pregnancy, lactation, and the use of oral contraceptives, all of which suppress ovulation, confer a protective effect with respect to developing ovarian cancer. Id.

[0007] Among dietary/environmental factors, there would appear to be an association between high intake of animal fat or red meat and ovarian cancer, while the antioxidant Vitamin A, which prevents free radical formation and also assists in maintaining normal cellular differentiation, may offer a protective effect. Look, supra at 169. Reports have also associated asbestos and hydrous magnesium trisilicate (talc), the latter of which may be present in diaphragms and sanitary napkins. Id. at 169-70.

[0008] Current screening procedures for ovarian cancer, while of some utility, are quite limited in their diagnostic ability, a problem that is particularly acute at early stages of cancer progression when the disease is typically asymptomatic yet is most readily treated. Walter J. Burdette, Cancer: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment 166 (1998); Memarzadeh & Berek, supra; Runnebaum & Stickeler, supra; Werness & Eltabbakh, supra. Commonly used screening tests include bimanual rectovaginal pelvic examination, radioimmunoassay to detect the CA-125 serum tumor marker, and transvaginal ultrasonography. Burdette, supra at 166.

[0009] Pelvic examination has failed to yield adequate numbers of early diagnoses, and the other methods are not sufficiently accurate. Id. One study reported that only 15% of patients who suffered from ovarian cancer were diagnosed with the disease at the time of their pelvic examination. Look, supra at 174. Moreover, the CA-125 test is prone to giving false positives in pre-menopausal women and has been reported to be of low predictive value in post-menopausal women. Id. at 174-75. Although transvaginal ultrasonographyis now the preferred procedure for screening for ovarian cancer, it is unable to distinguish reliably between benign and malignant tumors, and also cannot locate primary peritoneal malignancies or ovarian cancer if the ovary size is normal. Schilder et al., supra at 194-95. While genetic testing for mutations of the BRCA1, BRCA2, hMSH2, and hMLH1 genes is now available, these tests may be too costly for some patients and may also yield false negative or indeterminate results. Schilder et al., supra at 191-94.

[0010] The staging of ovarian cancer, which is accomplished through surgical exploration, is crucial in determining the course of treatment and management of the disease. AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook 187 (Irvin D. Fleming et al. eds., 5th ed. 1998); Burdette, supra at 170; Memarzadeh & Berek, supra; Shridhar et al., supra. Staging is performed by reference to the classification system developed by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. David H. Moore, Primary Surgical Management of Early Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma, in Ovarian Cancer 203 (Stephen C. Rubin & Gregory P. Sutton eds., 2d ed. 2001); Fleming et al. eds., supra at 188. Stage I ovarian cancer is characterized by tumor growth that is limited to the ovaries and is comprised of three substages. Id. In substage IA, tumor growth is limited to one ovary, there is no tumor on the external surface of the ovary, the ovarian capsule is intact, and no malignant cells are present in ascites or peritoneal washings. Id. Substage IB is identical to A1, except that tumor growth is limited to both ovaries. Id. Substage IC refers to the presence of tumor growth limited to one or both ovaries, and also includes one or more of the following characteristics: capsule rupture, tumor growth on the surface of one or both ovaries, and malignant cells present in ascites or peritoneal washings. Id.

[0011] Stage II ovarian cancer refers to tumor growth involving one or both ovaries, along with pelvic extension. Id. Substage IIA involves extension and/or implants on the uterus and/or fallopian tubes, with no malignant cells in the ascites or peritoneal washings, while substage IIB involves extension into other pelvic organs and tissues, again with no malignant cells in the ascites or peritoneal washings. Id. Substage IIC involves pelvic extension as in IIA or IIB, but with malignant cells in the ascites or peritoneal washings. Id.

[0012] Stage III ovarian cancer involves tumor growth in one or both ovaries, with peritoneal metastasis beyond the pelvis confirmed by microscope and/or metastasis in the regional lymph nodes. Id. Substage IIIA is characterized by microscopic peritoneal metastasis outside the pelvis, with substage IIIb involving macroscopic peritoneal metastasis outside the pelvis 2 cm or less in greatest dimension. Id. Substage IIIC is identical to IIIB, except that the metastisis is greater than 2 cm in greatest dimesion and may include regional lymph node metastasis. Id. Lastly, Stage IV refers to the presence distant metastasis, excluding peritoneal metastasis. Id.

[0013] While surgical staging is currently the benchmark for assessing the management and treatment of ovarian cancer, it suffers from considerable drawbacks, including the invasiveness of the procedure, the potential for complications, as well as the potential for inaccuracy. Moore, supra at 206-208, 213. In view of these limitations, attention has turned to developing alternative staging methodologies through understanding differential gene expression in various stages of ovarian cancer and by obtaining various biomarkers to help better assess the progression of the disease. Vartiainen, J. et al., Int'l J. Cancer, 95(5): 313-16 (2001); Shridhar et al. supra; Baekelandt, M. et al., J. Clin. Oncol. 18(22): 3775-81.

[0014] The treatment of ovarian cancer typically involves a multiprong attack, with surgical intervention serving as the foundation of treatment. Dennis S. Chi & William J. Hoskins, Primary Surgical Management of Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, in Ovarian Cancer 241 (Stephen C. Rubin & Gregory P. Sutton eds., 2d ed. 2001). For example, in the case of epithelial ovarian cancer, which accounts for ˜90% of cases of ovarian cancer, treatment typically consists of: (1) cytoreductive surgery, including total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy, and lymphadenectomy, followed by (2) adjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel and either cisplatin or carboplatin. Eltabbakh, G. H. & Awtrey, C. S., Expert Op. Pharmacother. 2(10): 109-24. Despite a clinical response rate of 80% to the adjuvant therapy, most patients experience tumor recurrence within three years of treatment. Id. Certain patients may undergo a second cytoreductive surgery and/or second-line chemotherapy. Memarzadeh & Berek, supra.

[0015] From the foregoing, it is clear that procedures used for detecting, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, prognosticating, and preventing the recurrence of ovarian cancer are of critical importance to the outcome of the patient. Moreover, current procedures, while helpful in each of these analyses, are limited by their specificity, sensitivity, invasiveness, and/or their cost. As such, highly specific and sensitive procedures that would operate by way of detecting novel markers in cells, tissues, or bodily fluids, with minimal invasiveness and at a reasonable cost, would be highly desirable.

[0016] Accordingly, there is a great need for more sensitive and accurate methods for predicting whether a person is likely to develop ovarian cancer, for diagnosing ovarian cancer, for monitoring the progression of the disease, for staging the ovarian cancer, for determining whether the ovarian cancer has metastasized, and for imaging the ovarian cancer. There is also a need for better treatment of ovarian cancer.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0017] The present invention solves these and other needs in the art by providing nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides as well as antibodies, agonists and antagonists, thereto that may be used to identify, diagnose, monitor, stage, image and treat ovarian cancer and non-cancerous disease states in ovaries; identify and monitor ovary tissue; and identify and design agonists and antagonists of polypeptides of the invention. The invention also provides gene therapy, methods for producing transgenic animals and cells, and methods for producing engineered ovary tissue for treatment and research.

[0018] Accordingly, one object of the invention is to provide nucleic acid molecules that are specific to ovary cells and/or ovary tissue. These ovary specific nucleic acids (OSNAs) may be a naturally-occurring cDNA, genomic DNA, RNA, or a fragment of one of these nucleic acids, or may be a non-naturally-occurring nucleic acid molecule. If the OSNA is genomic DNA, then the OSNA is an ovary specific gene (OSG). In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide that is specific to ovary. In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In another highly preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118. By nucleic acid molecule, it is also meant to be inclusive of sequences that selectively hybridize or exhibit substantial sequence similarity to a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP, or that selectively hybridize or exhibit substantial sequence similarity to an OSNA, as well as allelic variants of a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP, and allelic variants of an OSNA. Nucleic acid molecules comprising a part of a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an OSP or that comprises a part of a nucleic acid sequence of an OSNA are also provided.

[0019] A related object of the present invention is to provide a nucleic acid molecule comprising one or more expression control sequences controlling the transcription and/or translation of all or a part of an OSNA. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises one or more expression control sequences controlling the transcription and/or translation of a nucleic acid molecule that encodes all or a fragment of an OSP.

[0020] Another object of the invention is to provide vectors and/or host cells comprising a nucleic acid molecule of the instant invention. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes all or a fragment of an OSP. In another preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises all or a part of an OSNA.

[0021] Another object of the invention is to provided methods for using the vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid molecule of the instant invention to recombinantly produce polypeptides of the invention.

[0022] Another object of the invention is to provide a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid molecule of the invention. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is an OSP. The polypeptide may comprise either a fragment or a full-length protein as well as a mutant protein (mutein), fusion protein, homologous protein or a polypeptide encoded by an allelic variant of an OSP.

[0023] Another object of the invention is to provide an antibody that specifically binds to a polypeptide of the instant invention.

[0024] Another object of the invention is to provide agonists and antagonists of the nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides of the instant invention.

[0025] Another object of the invention is to provide methods for using the nucleic acid molecules to detect or amplify nucleic acid molecules that have similar or identical nucleic acid sequences compared to the nucleic acid molecules described herein. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides methods of using the nucleic acid molecules of the invention for identifying, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating ovarian cancer and non-cancerous disease states in ovaries. In another preferred embodiment, the invention provides methods of using the nucleic acid molecules of the invention for identifying and/or monitoring ovary tissue. The nucleic acid molecules of the instant invention may also be used in gene therapy, for producing transgenic animals and cells, and for producing engineered ovary tissue for treatment and research.

[0026] The polypeptides and/or antibodies of the instant invention may also be used to identify, diagnose, monitor, stage, image and treat ovarian cancer and non-cancerous disease states in ovaries. The invention provides methods of using the polypeptides of the invention to identify and/or monitor ovary tissue, and to produce engineered ovary tissue.

[0027] The agonists and antagonists of the instant invention may be used to treat ovarian cancer and non-cancerous disease states in ovaries and to produce engineered ovary tissue.

[0028] Yet another object of the invention is to provide a computer readable means of storing the nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of the invention. The records of the computer readable means can be accessed for reading and displaying of sequences for comparison, alignment and ordering of the sequences of the invention to other sequences.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0029] Definitions and General Techniques

[0030] Unless otherwise defined herein, scientific and technical terms used in connection with the present invention shall have the meanings that are commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art. Further, unless otherwise required by context, singular terms shall include pluralities and plural terms shall include the singular. Generally, nomenclatures used in connection with, and techniques of, cell and tissue culture, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, genetics and protein and nucleic acid chemistry and hybridization described herein are those well-known and commonly used in the art. The methods and techniques of the present invention are generally performed according to conventional methods well-known in the art and as described in various general and more specific references that are cited and discussed throughout the present specification unless otherwise indicated. See, e.g., Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1989) and Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Press (2001); Ausubel et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Greene Publishing Associates (1992, and Supplements to 2000); Ausubel et al., Short Protocols in Molecular Biology: A Compendium of Methods from Current Protocols in Molecular Biology—4^(th) Ed., Wiley & Sons (1999); Harlow and Lane, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1990); and Harlow and Lane, Using Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1999); each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[0031] Enzymatic reactions and purification techniques are performed according to manufacturer's specifications, as commonly accomplished in the art or as described herein. The nomenclatures used in connection with, and the laboratory procedures and techniques of, analytical chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, and medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry described herein are those well-known and commonly used in the art. Standard techniques are used for chemical syntheses, chemical analyses, pharmaceutical preparation, formulation, and delivery, and treatment of patients.

[0032] The following terms, unless otherwise indicated, shall be understood to have the following meanings:

[0033] A “nucleic acid molecule” of this invention refers to a polymeric form of nucleotides and includes both sense and antisense strands of RNA, cDNA, genomic DNA, and synthetic forms and mixed polymers of the above. A nucleotide refers to a ribonucleotide, deoxynucleotide or a modified form of either type of nucleotide. A “nucleic acid molecule” as used herein is synonymous with “nucleic acid” and “polynucleotide.” The term “nucleic acid molecule” usually refers to a molecule of at least 10 bases in length, unless otherwise specified. The term includes single- and double-stranded forms of DNA. In addition, a polynucleotide may include either or both naturally-occurring and modified nucleotides linked together by naturally-occurring and/or non-naturally occurring nucleotide linkages.

[0034] The nucleic acid molecules may be modified chemically or biochemically or may contain non-natural or derivatized nucleotide bases, as will be readily appreciated by those of skill in the art. Such modifications include, for example, labels, methylation, substitution of one or more of the naturally occurring nucleotides with an analog, internucleotide modifications such as uncharged linkages (e.g., methyl phosphonates, phosphotriesters, phosphoramidates, carbamates, etc.), charged linkages (e.g., phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, etc.), pendent moieties (e.g., polypeptides), intercalators (e.g., acridine, psoralen, etc.), chelators, alkylators, and modified linkages (e.g., alpha anomeric nucleic acids, etc.) The term “nucleic acid molecule” also includes any topological conformation, including single-stranded, double-stranded, partially duplexed, triplexed, hairpinned, circular and padlocked conformations. Also included are synthetic molecules that mimic polynucleotides in their ability to bind to a designated sequence via hydrogen bonding and other chemical interactions. Such molecules are known in the art and include, for example, those in which peptide linkages substitute for phosphate linkages in the backbone of the molecule.

[0035] A “gene” is defined as a nucleic acid molecule that comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a polypeptide and the expression control sequences that surround the nucleic acid sequence that encodes the polypeptide. For instance, a gene may comprise a promoter, one or more enhancers, a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a polypeptide, downstream regulatory sequences and, possibly, other nucleic acid sequences involved in regulation of the expression of an RNA. As is well-known in the art, eukaryotic genes usually contain both exons and introns. The term “exon” refers to a nucleic acid sequence found in genomic DNA that is bioinformatically predicted and/or experimentally confirmed to contribute a contiguous sequence to a mature mRNA transcript. The term “intron” refers to a nucleic acid sequence found in genomic DNA that is predicted and/or confirmed to not contribute to a mature mRNA transcript, but rather to be “spliced out” during processing of the transcript.

[0036] A nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide is “derived” from a particular species if the nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide has been isolated from the particular species, or if the nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide is homologous to a nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide isolated from a particular species.

[0037] An “isolated” or “substantially pure” nucleic acid or polynucleotide (e.g., an RNA, DNA or a mixed polymer) is one which is substantially separated from other cellular components that naturally accompany the native polynucleotide in its natural host cell, e.g., ribosomes, polymerases, or genomic sequences with which it is naturally associated. The term embraces a nucleic acid or polynucleotide that (1) has been removed from its naturally occurring environment, (2) is not associated with all or a portion of a polynucleotide in which the “isolated polynucleotide” is found in nature, (3) is operatively linked to a polynucleotide which it is not linked to in nature, (4) does not occur in nature as part of a larger sequence or (5) includes nucleotides or internucleoside bonds that are not found in nature. The term “isolated” or “substantially pure” also can be used in reference to recombinant or cloned DNA isolates, chemically synthesized polynucleotide analogs, or polynucleotide analogs that are biologically synthesized by heterologous systems. The term “isolated nucleic acid molecule” includes nucleic acid molecules that are integrated into a host cell chromosome at a heterologous site, recombinant fusions of a native fragment to a heterologous sequence, recombinant vectors present as episomes or as integrated into a host cell chromosome.

[0038] A “part” of a nucleic acid molecule refers to a nucleic acid molecule that comprises a partial contiguous sequence of at least 10 bases of the reference nucleic acid molecule. Preferably, a part comprises at least 15 to 20 bases of a reference nucleic acid molecule. In theory, a nucleic acid sequence of 17 nucleotides is of sufficient length to occur at random less frequently than once in the three gigabase human genome, and thus to provide a nucleic acid probe that can uniquely identify the reference sequence in a nucleic acid mixture of genomic complexity. A preferred part is one that comprises a nucleic acid sequence that can encode at least 6 contiguous amino acid sequences (fragments of at least 18 nucleotides) because they are useful in directing the expression or synthesis of peptides that are useful in mapping the epitopes of the polypeptide encoded by the reference nucleic acid. See, e.g., Geysen et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81:3998-4002 (1984); and U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,708,871 and 5,595,915, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. A part may also comprise at least 25, 30, 35 or 40 nucleotides of a reference nucleic acid molecule, or at least 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 or 500 nucleotides of a reference nucleic acid molecule. A part of a nucleic acid molecule may comprise no other nucleic acid sequences. Alternatively, a part of a nucleic acid may comprise other nucleic acid sequences from other nucleic acid molecules.

[0039] The term “oligonucleotide” refers to a nucleic acid molecule generally comprising a length of 200 bases or fewer. The term often refers to single-stranded deoxyribonucleotides, but it can refer as well to single- or double-stranded ribonucleotides, RNA:DNA hybrids and double-stranded DNAs, among others. Preferably, oligonucleotides are 10 to 60 bases in length and most preferably 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 bases in length. Other preferred oligonucleotides are 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 or 60 bases in length. Oligonucleotides may be single-stranded, e.g. for use as probes or primers, or may be double-stranded, e.g. for use in the construction of a mutant gene. Oligonucleotides of the invention can be either sense or antisense oligonucleotides. An oligonucleotide can be derivatized or modified as discussed above for nucleic acid molecules.

[0040] Oligonucleotides, such as single-stranded DNA probe oligonucleotides, often are synthesized by chemical methods, such as those implemented on automated oligonucleotide synthesizers. However, oligonucleotides can be made by a variety of other methods, including in vitro recombinant DNA-mediated techniques and by expression of DNAs in cells and organisms. Initially, chemically synthesized DNAs typically are obtained without a 5′ phosphate. The 5′ ends of such oligonucleotides are not substrates for phosphodiester bond formation by ligation reactions that employ DNA ligases typically used to form recombinant DNA molecules. Where ligation of such oligonucleotides is desired, a phosphate can be added by standard techniques, such as those that employ a kinase and ATP. The 3′ end of a chemically synthesized oligonucleotide generally has a free hydroxyl group and, in the presence of a ligase, such as T4 DNA ligase, readily will form a phosphodiester bond with a 5′ phosphate of another polynucleotide, such as another oligonucleotide. As is well-known, this reaction can be prevented selectively, where desired, by removing the 5′ phosphates of the other polynucleotide(s) prior to ligation.

[0041] The term “naturally-occurring nucleotide” referred to herein includes naturally-occurring deoxyribonucleotides and ribonucleotides. The term “modified nucleotides” referred to herein includes nucleotides with modified or substituted sugar groups and the like. The term “nucleotide linkages” referred to herein includes nucleotides linkages such as phosphorothioate, phosphorodithioate, phosphoroselenoate, phosphorodiselenoate, phosphoroanilothioate, phoshoraniladate, phosphoroamidate, and the like. See e.g., LaPlanche et al. Nucl. Acids Res. 14:9081-9093 (1986); Stein et al. Nucl. Acids Res. 16:3209-3221 (1988); Zon et al. Anti-Cancer Drug Design 6:539-568 (1991); Zon et al., in Eckstein (ed.) Oligonucleotides and Analogues: A Practical Approach, pp. 87-108, Oxford University Press (1991); U.S. Pat. No. 5,151,510; Uhlmann and Peyman Chemical Reviews 90:543 (1990), the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

[0042] Unless specified otherwise, the left hand end of a polynucleotide sequence in sense orientation is the 5′ end and the right hand end of the sequence is the 3′ end. In addition, the left hand direction of a polynucleotide sequence in sense orientation is referred to as the 5′ direction, while the right hand direction of the polynucleotide sequence is referred to as the 3′ direction. Further, unless otherwise indicated, each nucleotide sequence is set forth herein as a sequence of deoxyribonucleotides. It is intended, however, that the given sequence be interpreted as would be appropriate to the polynucleotide composition: for example, if the isolated nucleic acid is composed of RNA, the given sequence intends ribonucleotides, with uridine substituted for thymidine.

[0043] The term “allelic variant” refers to one of two or more alternative naturally-occurring forms of a gene, wherein each gene possesses a unique nucleotide sequence. In a preferred embodiment, different alleles of a given gene have similar or identical biological properties.

[0044] The term “percent sequence identity” in the context of nucleic acid sequences refers to the residues in two sequences which are the same when aligned for maximum correspondence. The length of sequence identity comparison may be over a stretch of at least about nine nucleotides, usually at least about 20 nucleotides, more usually at least about 24 nucleotides, typically at least about 28 nucleotides, more typically at least about 32 nucleotides, and preferably at least about 36 or more nucleotides. There are a number of different algorithms known in the art which can be used to measure nucleotide sequence identity. For instance, polynucleotide sequences can be compared using FASTA, Gap or Bestfit, which are programs in Wisconsin Package Version 10.0, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), Madison, Wis. FASTA, which includes, e.g., the programs FASTA2 and FASTA3, provides alignments and percent sequence identity of the regions of the best overlap between the query and search sequences (Pearson, Methods Enzymol. 183: 63-98 (1990); Pearson, Methods Mol. Biol. 132: 185-219 (2000); Pearson, Methods Enzymol. 266: 227-258 (1996); Pearson, J. Mol. Biol. 276: 71-84 (1998); herein incorporated by reference). Unless otherwise specified, default parameters for a particular program or algorithm are used. For instance, percent sequence identity between nucleic acid sequences can be determined using FASTA with its default parameters (a word size of 6 and the NOPAM factor for the scoring matrix) or using Gap with its default parameters as provided in GCG Version 6.1, herein incorporated by reference.

[0045] A reference to a nucleic acid sequence encompasses its complement unless otherwise specified. Thus, a reference to a nucleic acid molecule having a particular sequence should be understood to encompass its complementary strand, with its complementary sequence. The complementary strand is also useful, e.g., for antisense therapy, hybridization probes and PCR primers.

[0046] In the molecular biology art, researchers use the terms “percent sequence identity”, “percent sequence similarity” and “percent sequence homology” interchangeably. In this application, these terms shall have the same meaning with respect to nucleic acid sequences only.

[0047] The term “substantial similarity” or “substantial sequence similarity,” when referring to a nucleic acid or fragment thereof, indicates that, when optimally aligned with appropriate nucleotide insertions or deletions with another nucleic acid (or its complementary strand), there is nucleotide sequence identity in at least about 50%, more preferably 60% of the nucleotide bases, usually at least about 70%, more usually at least about 80%, preferably at least about 90%, and more preferably at least about 95-98% of the nucleotide bases, as measured by any well-known algorithm of sequence identity, such as FASTA, BLAST or Gap, as discussed above.

[0048] Alternatively, substantial similarity exists when a nucleic acid or fragment thereof hybridizes to another nucleic acid, to a strand of another nucleic acid, or to the complementary strand thereof, under selective hybridization conditions. Typically, selective hybridization will occur when there is at least about 55% sequence identity, preferably at least about 65%, more preferably at least about 75%, and most preferably at least about 90% sequence identity, over a stretch of at least about 14 nucleotides, more preferably at least 17 nucleotides, even more preferably at least 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100 nucleotides.

[0049] Nucleic acid hybridization will be affected by such conditions as salt concentration, temperature, solvents, the base composition of the hybridizing species, length of the complementary regions, and the number of nucleotide base mismatches between the hybridizing nucleic acids, as will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art. “Stringent hybridization conditions” and “stringent wash conditions” in the context of nucleic acid hybridization experiments depend upon a number of different physical parameters. The most important parameters include temperature of hybridization, base composition of the nucleic acids, salt concentration and length of the nucleic acid. One having ordinary skill in the art knows how to vary these parameters to achieve a particular stringency of hybridization. In general, “stringent hybridization” is performed at about 25° C. below the thermal melting point (T_(m)) for the specific DNA hybrid under a particular set of conditions. “Stringent washing” is performed at temperatures about 5° C. lower than the T_(m) for the specific DNA hybrid under a particular set of conditions. The T_(m) is the temperature at which 50% of the target sequence hybridizes to a perfectly matched probe. See Sambrook (1989), supra, p. 9.51, hereby incorporated by reference.

[0050] The T_(m) for a particular DNA-DNA hybrid can be estimated by the formula:

T _(m)=81.5° C.+16.6 (log₁₀[Na⁺])+0.41 (fraction G+C)−0.63 (% formamide)−(600/1)

[0051] where 1 is the length of the hybrid in base pairs.

[0052] The T_(m) for a particular RNA-RNA hybrid can be estimated by the formula:

T _(m)=79.8° C.+18.5 (log¹⁰[Na⁺])+0.58 (fraction G+C)+11.8 (fraction G+C)²−0.35 (% formamide)−(820/1).

[0053] The T_(m) for a particular RNA-DNA hybrid can be estimated by the formula:

T _(m)=79.8° C.+18.5(log₁₀[Na⁺])+0.58 (fraction G+C)+11.8 (fraction G+C)²−0.50 (% formamide)−(820/1).

[0054] In general, the T_(m) decreases by 1-1.5° C. for each 1% of mismatch between two nucleic acid sequences. Thus, one having ordinary skill in the art can alter hybridization and/or washing conditions to obtain sequences that have higher or lower degrees of sequence identity to the target nucleic acid. For instance, to obtain hybridizing nucleic acids that contain up to 10% mismatch from the target nucleic acid sequence, 10-15° C. would be subtracted from the calculated T_(m) of a perfectly matched hybrid, and then the hybridization and washing temperatures adjusted accordingly. Probe sequences may also hybridize specifically to duplex DNA under certain conditions to form triplex or other higher order DNA complexes. The preparation of such probes and suitable hybridization conditions are well-known in the art.

[0055] An example of stringent hybridization conditions for hybridization of complementary nucleic acid sequences having more than 100 complementary residues on a filter in a Southern or Northern blot or for screening a library is 50% formamide/6×SSC at 42° C. for at least ten hours and preferably overnight (approximately 16 hours). Another example of stringent hybridization conditions is 6×SSC at 68° C. without formamide for at least ten hours and preferably overnight. An example of moderate stringency hybridization conditions is 6×SSC at 55° C. without formamide for at least ten hours and preferably overnight. An example of low stringency hybridization conditions for hybridization of complementary nucleic acid sequences having more than 100 complementary residues on a filter in a Southern or Northern blot or for screening a library is 6×SSC at 42° C. for at least ten hours. Hybridization conditions to identify nucleic acid sequences that are similar but not identical can be identified by experimentally changing the hybridization temperature from 68° C. to 42° C. while keeping the salt concentration constant (6×SSC), or keeping the hybridization temperature and salt concentration constant (e.g. 42° C. and 6×SSC) and varying the formamide concentration from 50% to 0%. Hybridization buffers may also include blocking agents to lower background. These agents are well-known in the art. See Sambrook et al. (1989), supra, pages 8.46 and 9.46-9.58, herein incorporated by reference. See also Ausubel (1992), supra, Ausubel (1999), supra, and Sambrook (2001), supra.

[0056] Wash conditions also can be altered to change stringency conditions. An example of stringent wash conditions is a 0.2×SSC wash at 65° C. for 15 minutes (see Sambrook (1989), supra, for SSC buffer). Often the high stringency wash is preceded by a low stringency wash to remove excess probe. An exemplary medium stringency wash for duplex DNA of more than 100 base pairs is 1×SSC at 45° C. for 15 minutes. An exemplary low stringency wash for such a duplex is 4×SSC at 40° C. for 15 minutes. In general, signal-to-noise ratio of 2× or higher than that observed for an unrelated probe in the particular hybridization assay indicates detection of a specific hybridization.

[0057] As defined herein, nucleic acid molecules that do not hybridize to each other under stringent conditions are still substantially similar to one another if they encode polypeptides that are substantially identical to each other. This occurs, for example, when a nucleic acid molecule is created synthetically or recombinantly using high codon degeneracy as permitted by the redundancy of the genetic code.

[0058] Hybridization conditions for nucleic acid molecules that are shorter than 100 nucleotides in length (e.g., for oligonucleotide probes) may be calculated by the formula:

T _(m)=81.5° C.+16.6(log₁₀[Na⁺])+0.41(fraction G+C)−(600/N),

[0059] wherein N is change length and the [Na⁺] is 1 M or less. See Sambrook (1989), supra, p. 11.46. For hybridization of probes shorter than 100 nucleotides, hybridization is usually performed under stringent conditions (5-10° C. below the T_(m)) using high concentrations (0.1-1.0 pmol/ml) of probe. Id. at p. 11.45. Determination of hybridization using mismatched probes, pools of degenerate probes or “guessmers,” as well as hybridization solutions and methods for empirically determining hybridization conditions are well-known in the art. See, e.g., Ausubel (1999), supra; Sambrook (1989), supra, pp. 11.45-11.57.

[0060] The term “digestion” or “digestion of DNA” refers to catalytic cleavage of the DNA with a restriction enzyme that acts only at certain sequences in the DNA. The various restriction enzymes referred to herein are commercially available and their reaction conditions, cofactors and other requirements for use are known and routine to the skilled artisan. For analytical purposes, typically, 1 μg of plasmid or DNA fragment is digested with about 2 units of enzyme in about 20 μl of reaction buffer. For the purpose of isolating DNA fragments for plasmid construction, typically 5 to 50 μg of DNA are digested with 20 to 250 units of enzyme in proportionately larger volumes. Appropriate buffers and substrate amounts for particular restriction enzymes are described in standard laboratory manuals, such as those referenced below, and they are specified by commercial suppliers. Incubation times of about 1 hour at 37° C. are ordinarily used, but conditions may vary in accordance with standard procedures, the supplier's instructions and the particulars of the reaction. After digestion, reactions may be analyzed, and fragments may be purified by electrophoresis through an agarose or polyacrylamide gel, using well-known methods that are routine for those skilled in the art,

[0061] The term “ligation” refers to the process of forming phosphodiester bonds between two or more polynucleotides, which most often are double-stranded DNAS. Techniques for ligation are well-known to the art and protocols for ligation are described in standard laboratory manuals and references, such as, e.g., Sambrook (1989), supra.

[0062] Genome-derived “single exon probes,” are probes that comprise at least part of an exon (“reference exon”) and can hybridize detectably under high stringency conditions to transcript-derived nucleic acids that include the reference exon but do not hybridize detectably under high stringency conditions to nucleic acids that lack the reference exon. Single exon probes typically further comprise, contiguous to a first end of the exon portion, a first intronic and/or intergenic sequence that is identically contiguous to the exon in the genome, and may contain a second intronic and/or intergenic sequence that is identically contiguous to the exon in the genome. The minimum length of genome-derived single exon probes is defined by the requirement that the exonic portion be of sufficient length to hybridize under high stringency conditions to transcript-derived nucleic acids, as discussed above. The maximum length of genome-derived single exon probes is defined by the requirement that the probes contain portions of no more than one exon. The single exon probes may contain priming sequences not found in contiguity with the rest of the probe sequence in the genome, which priming sequences are useful for PCR and other amplification-based technologies.

[0063] The term “microarray” or “nucleic acid microarray” refers to a substrate-bound collection of plural nucleic acids, hybridization to each of the plurality of bound nucleic acids being separately detectable. The substrate can be solid or porous, planar or non-planar, unitary or distributed. Microarrays or nucleic acid microarrays include all the devices so called in Schena (ed.), DNA Microarrays: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series), Oxford University Press (1999); Nature Genet. 21(1)(suppl.):1-60 (1999); Schena (ed.), Microarray Biochip: Tools and Technology, Eaton Publishing Company/BioTechniques Books Division (2000). These microarrays include substrate-bound collections of plural nucleic acids in which the plurality of nucleic acids are disposed on a plurality of beads, rather than on a unitary planar substrate, as is described, inter alia, in Brenner et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97(4):1665-1670 (2000).

[0064] The term “mutated” when applied to nucleic acid molecules means that nucleotides in the nucleic acid sequence of the nucleic acid molecule may be inserted, deleted or changed compared to a reference nucleic acid sequence. A single alteration may be made at a locus (a point mutation) or multiple nucleotides may be inserted, deleted or changed at a single locus. In addition, one or more alterations may be made at any number of loci within a nucleic acid sequence. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises the wild type nucleic acid sequence encoding an OSP or is an OSNA. The nucleic acid molecule may be mutated by any method known in the art including those mutagenesis techniques described infra.

[0065] The term “error-prone PCR” refers to a process for performing PCR under conditions where the copying fidelity of the DNA polymerase is low, such that a high rate of point mutations is obtained along the entire length of the PCR product. See, e.g., Leung et al., Technique 1: 11-15 (1989) and Caldwell et al., PCR Methods Applic. 2: 28-33 (1992).

[0066] The term “oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis” refers to a process which enables the generation of site-specific mutations in any cloned DNA segment of interest. See, e.g., Reidhaar-Olson et al., Science 241: 53-57 (1988).

[0067] The term “assembly PCR” refers to a process which involves the assembly of a PCR product from a mixture of small DNA fragments. A large number of different PCR reactions occur in parallel in the same vial, with the products of one reaction priming the products of another reaction.

[0068] The term “sexual PCR mutagenesis” or “DNA shuffling” refers to a method of error-prone PCR coupled with forced homologous recombination between DNA molecules of different but highly related DNA sequence in vitro, caused by random fragmentation of the DNA molecule based on sequence similarity, followed by fixation of the crossover by primer extension in an error-prone PCR reaction. See, e.g., Stemmer, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91: 10747-10751(1994). DNA shuffling can be carried out between several related genes (“Family shuffling”).

[0069] The term “in vivo mutagenesis” refers to a process of generating random mutations in any cloned DNA of interest which involves the propagation of the DNA in a strain of bacteria such as E. coli that carries mutations in one or more of the DNA repair pathways. These “mutator” strains have a higher random mutation rate than that of a wild-type parent. Propagating the DNA in a mutator strain will eventually generate random mutations within the DNA.

[0070] The term “cassette mutagenesis” refers to any process for replacing a small region of a double-stranded DNA molecule with a synthetic oligonucleotide “cassette” that differs from the native sequence. The oligonucleotide often contains completely and/or partially randomized native sequence.

[0071] The term “recursive ensemble mutagenesis” refers to an algorithm for protein engineering (protein mutagenesis) developed to produce diverse populations of phenotypically related mutants whose members differ in amino acid sequence. This method uses a feedback mechanism to control successive rounds of combinatorial cassette mutagenesis. See, e.g., Arkin et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89: 7811-7815 (1992).

[0072] The term “exponential ensemble mutagenesis” refers to a process for generating combinatorial libraries with a high percentage of unique and functional mutants, wherein small groups of residues are randomized in parallel to identify, at each altered position, amino acids which lead to functional proteins. See, e.g., Delegrave et al., Biotechnology Research 11: 1548-1552 (1993); Arnold, Current Opinion in Biotechnology 4: 450-455 (1993). Each of the references mentioned above are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0073] “Operatively linked” expression control sequences refers to a linkage in which the expression control sequence is contiguous with the gene of interest to control the gene of interest, as well as expression control sequences that act in trans or at a distance to control the gene of interest.

[0074] The term “expression control sequence” as used herein refers to polynucleotide sequences which are necessary to affect the expression of coding sequences to which they are operatively linked. Expression control sequences are sequences which control the transcription, post-transcriptional events and translation of nucleic acid sequences. Expression control sequences include appropriate transcription initiation, termination, promoter and enhancer sequences; efficient RNA processing signals such as splicing and polyadenylation signals; sequences that stabilize cytoplasmic mRNA; sequences that enhance translation efficiency (e.g., ribosome binding sites); sequences that enhance protein stability; and when desired, sequences that enhance protein secretion. The nature of such control sequences differs depending upon the host organism; in prokaryotes, such control sequences generally include the promoter, ribosomal binding site, and transcription termination sequence. The term “control sequences” is intended to include, at a minimum, all components whose presence is essential for expression, and can also include additional components whose presence is advantageous, for example, leader sequences and fusion partner sequences.

[0075] The term “vector,” as used herein, is intended to refer to a nucleic acid molecule capable of transporting another nucleic acid to which it has been linked. One type of vector is a “plasmid”, which refers to a circular double-stranded DNA loop into which additional DNA segments may be ligated. Other vectors include cosmids, bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) and yeast artificial chromosomes (YAC). Another type of vector is a viral vector, wherein additional DNA segments may be ligated into the viral genome. Viral vectors that infect bacterial cells are referred to as bacteriophages. Certain vectors are capable of autonomous replication in a host cell into which they are introduced (e.g., bacterial vectors having a bacterial origin of replication). Other vectors can be integrated into the genome of a host cell upon introduction into the host cell, and thereby are replicated along with the host genome. Moreover, certain vectors are capable of directing the expression of genes to which they are operatively linked. Such vectors are referred to herein as “recombinant expression vectors” (or simply, “expression vectors”). In general, expression vectors of utility in recombinant DNA techniques are often in the form of plasmids. In the present specification, “plasmid” and “vector” may be used interchangeably as the plasmid is the most commonly used form of vector. However, the invention is intended to include other forms of expression vectors that serve equivalent functions.

[0076] The term “recombinant host cell” (or simply “host cell”), as used herein, is intended to refer to a cell into which an expression vector has been introduced. It should be understood that such terms are intended to refer not only to the particular subject cell but to the progeny of such a cell. Because certain modifications may occur in succeeding generations due to either mutation or environmental influences, such progeny may not, in fact, be identical to the parent cell, but are still included within the scope of the term “host cell” as used herein.

[0077] As used herein, the phrase “open reading frame” and the equivalent acronym “ORF” refer to that portion of a transcript-derived nucleic acid that can be translated in its entirety into a sequence of contiguous amino acids. As so defined, an ORF has length, measured in nucleotides, exactly divisible by 3. As so defined, an ORF need not encode the entirety of a natural protein.

[0078] As used herein, the phrase “ORF-encoded peptide” refers to the predicted or actual translation of an ORF.

[0079] As used herein, the phrase “degenerate variant” of a reference nucleic acid sequence intends all nucleic acid sequences that can be directly translated, using the standard genetic code, to provide an amino acid sequence identical to that translated from the reference nucleic acid sequence.

[0080] The term “polypeptide” encompasses both naturally-occurring and non-naturally-occurring proteins and polypeptides, polypeptide fragments and polypeptide mutants, derivatives and analogs. A polypeptide may be monomeric or polymeric. Further, a polypeptide may comprise a number of different modules within a single polypeptide each of which has one or more distinct activities. A preferred polypeptide in accordance with the invention comprises an OSP encoded by a nucleic acid molecule of the instant invention, as well as a fragment, mutant, analog and derivative thereof.

[0081] The term “isolated protein” or “isolated polypeptide” is a protein or polypeptide that by virtue of its origin or source of derivation (1) is not associated with naturally associated components that accompany it in its native state, (2) is free of other proteins from the same species (3) is expressed by a cell from a different species, or (4) does not occur in nature. Thus, a polypeptide that is chemically synthesized or synthesized in a cellular system different from the cell from which it naturally originates will be “isolated” from its naturally associated components. A polypeptide or protein may also be rendered substantially free of naturally associated components by isolation, using protein purification techniques well-known in the art.

[0082] A protein or polypeptide is “substantially pure,” “substantially homogeneous” or “substantially purified” when at least about 60% to 75% of a sample exhibits a single species of polypeptide. The polypeptide or protein may be monomeric or multimeric. A substantially pure polypeptide or protein will typically comprise about 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90% W/W of a protein sample, more usually about 95%, and preferably will be over 99% pure. Protein purity or homogeneity may be indicated by a number of means well-known in the art, such as polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of a protein sample, followed by visualizing a single polypeptide band upon staining the gel with a stain well-known in the art. For certain purposes, higher resolution may be provided by using HPLC or other means well-known in the art for purification.

[0083] The term “polypeptide fragment” as used herein refers to a polypeptide of the instant invention that has an amino-terminal and/or carboxy-terminal deletion compared to a full-length polypeptide. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide fragment is a contiguous sequence in which the amino acid sequence of the fragment is identical to the corresponding positions in the naturally-occurring sequence. Fragments typically are at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 amino acids long, preferably at least 12, 14, 16 or 18 amino acids long, more preferably at least 20 amino acids long, more preferably at least 25, 30, 35, 40 or 45, amino acids, even more preferably at least 50 or 60 amino acids long, and even more preferably at least 70 amino acids long.

[0084] A “derivative” refers to polypeptides or fragments thereof that are substantially similar in primary structural sequence but which include, e.g., in vivo or in vitro chemical and biochemical modifications that are not found in the native polypeptide. Such modifications include, for example, acetylation, acylation, ADP-ribosylation, amidation, covalent attachment of flavin, covalent attachment of a heme moiety, covalent attachment of a nucleotide or nucleotide derivative, covalent attachment of a lipid or lipid derivative, covalent attachment of phosphotidylinositol, cross-linking, cyclization, disulfide bond formation, demethylation, formation of covalent cross-links, formation of cystine, formation of pyroglutamate, formylation, gamma-carboxylation, glycosylation, GPI anchor formation, hydroxylation, iodination, methylation, myristoylation, oxidation, proteolytic processing, phosphorylation, prenylation, racemization, selenoylation, sulfation, transfer-RNA mediated addition of amino acids to proteins such as arginylation, and ubiquitination. Other modification include, e.g., labeling with radionuclides, and various enzymatic modifications, as will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art. A variety of methods for labeling polypeptides and of substituents or labels useful for such purposes are well-known in the art, and include radioactive isotopes such as ¹²⁵I, ³²P, ³⁵S, and ³H, ligands which bind to labeled antiligands (e.g., antibodies), fluorophores, chemiluminescent agents, enzymes, and antiligands which can serve as specific binding pair members for a labeled ligand. The choice of label depends on the sensitivity required, ease of conjugation with the primer, stability requirements, and available instrumentation. Methods for labeling polypeptides are well-known in the art. See Ausubel (1992), supra; Ausubel (1999), supra, herein incorporated by reference.

[0085] The term “fusion protein” refers to polypeptides of the instant invention comprising polypeptides or fragments coupled to heterologous amino acid sequences. Fusion proteins are useful because they can be constructed to contain two or more desired functional elements from two or more different proteins. A fusion protein comprises at least 10 contiguous amino acids from a polypeptide of interest, more preferably at least 20 or 30 amino acids, even more preferably at least 40, 50 or 60 amino acids, yet more preferably at least 75, 100 or 125 amino acids. Fusion proteins can be produced recombinantly by constructing a nucleic acid sequence which encodes the polypeptide or a fragment thereof in frame with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a different protein or peptide and then expressing the fusion protein. Alternatively, a fusion protein can be produced chemically by crosslinking the polypeptide or a fragment thereof to another protein.

[0086] The term “analog” refers to both polypeptide analogs and non-peptide analogs. The term “polypeptide analog” as used herein refers to a polypeptide of the instant invention that is comprised of a segment of at least 25 amino acids that has substantial identity to a portion of an amino acid sequence but which contains non-natural amino acids or non-natural inter-residue bonds. In a preferred embodiment, the analog has the same or similar biological activity as the native polypeptide. Typically, polypeptide analogs comprise a conservative amino acid substitution (or insertion or deletion) with respect to the naturally-occurring sequence. Analogs typically are at least 20 amino acids long, preferably at least 50 amino acids long or longer, and can often be as long as a full-length naturally-occurring polypeptide.

[0087] The term “non-peptide analog” refers to a compound with properties that are analogous to those of a reference polypeptide of the instant invention. A non-peptide compound may also be termed a “peptide mimetic” or a “peptidomimetic.” Such compounds are often developed with the aid of computerized molecular modeling. Peptide mimetics that are structurally similar to useful peptides may be used to produce an equivalent effect. Generally, peptidomimetics are structurally similar to a paradigm polypeptide (i.e., a polypeptide that has a desired biochemical property or pharmacological activity), but have one or more peptide linkages optionally replaced by a linkage selected from the group consisting of: —CH₂NH—, —CH₂S—, —CH₂—CH₂—, —CH═CH-(cis and trans), —COCH₂—, —CH(OH)CH₂—, and —CH₂SO—, by methods well-known in the art. Systematic substitution of one or more amino acids of a consensus sequence with a D-amino acid of the same type (e.g., D-lysine in place of L-lysine) may also be used to generate more stable peptides. In addition, constrained peptides comprising a consensus sequence or a substantially identical consensus sequence variation may be generated by methods known in the art (Rizo et al., Ann. Rev. Biochem. 61:387-418 (1992), incorporated herein by reference). For example, one may add internal cysteine residues capable of forming intramolecular disulfide bridges which cyclize the peptide.

[0088] A “polypeptide mutant” or “mutein” refers to a polypeptide of the instant invention whose sequence contains substitutions, insertions or deletions of one or more amino acids compared to the amino acid sequence of a native or wild-type protein. A mutein may have one or more amino acid point substitutions, in which a single amino acid at a position has been changed to another amino acid, one or more insertions and/or deletions, in which one or more amino acids are inserted or deleted, respectively, in the sequence of the naturally-occurring protein, and/or truncations of the amino acid sequence at either or both the amino or carboxy termini. Further, a mutein may have the same or different biological activity as the naturally-occurring protein. For instance, a mutein may have an increased or decreased biological activity. A mutein has at least 50% sequence similarity to the wild type protein, preferred is 60% sequence similarity, more preferred is 70% sequence similarity. Even more preferred are muteins having 80%, 85% or 90% sequence similarity to the wild type protein. In an even more preferred embodiment, a mutein exhibits 95% sequence identity, even more preferably 97%, even more preferably 98% and even more preferably 99%. Sequence similarity may be measured by any common sequence analysis algorithm, such as Gap or Bestfit.

[0089] Preferred amino acid substitutions are those which: (1) reduce susceptibility to proteolysis, (2) reduce susceptibility to oxidation, (3) alter binding affinity for forming protein complexes, (4) alter binding affinity or enzymatic activity, and (5) confer or modify other physicochemical or functional properties of such analogs. For example, single or multiple amino acid substitutions (preferably conservative amino acid substitutions) may be made in the naturally-occurring sequence (preferably in the portion of the polypeptide outside the domain(s) forming intermolecular contacts. In a preferred embodiment, the amino acid substitutions are moderately conservative substitutions or conservative substitutions. In a more preferred embodiment, the amino acid substitutions are conservative substitutions. A conservative amino acid substitution should not substantially change the structural characteristics of the parent sequence (e.g., a replacement amino acid should not tend to disrupt a helix that occurs in the parent sequence, or disrupt other types of secondary structure that characterizes the parent sequence). Examples of art-recognized polypeptide secondary and tertiary structures are described in Creighton (ed.), Proteins, Structures and Molecular Principles, W. H. Freeman and Company (1984); Branden et al. (ed.), Introduction to Protein Structure, Garland Publishing (1991); Thornton et al, Nature 354:105-106 (1991), each of which are incorporated herein by reference.

[0090] As used herein, the twenty conventional amino acids and their abbreviations follow conventional usage. See Golub et al. (eds.), Immunology—A Synthesis 2^(nd) Ed., Sinauer Associates (1991), which is incorporated herein by reference. Stereoisomers (e.g., D-amino acids) of the twenty conventional amino acids, unnatural amino acids such as −, -disubstituted amino acids, N-alkyl amino acids, and other unconventional amino acids may also be suitable components for polypeptides of the present invention. Examples of unconventional amino acids include: 4-hydroxyproline, γ-carboxyglutamate, —N,N,N-trimethyllysine, —N-acetyllysine, O-phosphoserine, N-acetylserine, N-formylmethionine, 3-methylhistidine, 5-hydroxylysine, s-N-methylarginine, and other similar amino acids and imino acids (e.g., 4-hydroxyproline). In the polypeptide notation used herein, the lefthand direction is the amino terminal direction and the right hand direction is the carboxy-terminal direction, in accordance with standard usage and convention.

[0091] A protein has “homology” or is “homologous” to a protein from another organism if the encoded amino acid sequence of the protein has a similar sequence to the encoded amino acid sequence of a protein of a different organism and has a similar biological activity or function. Alternatively, a protein may have homology or be homologous to another protein if the two proteins have similar amino acid sequences and have similar biological activities or functions. Although two proteins are said to be “homologous,” this does not imply that there is necessarily an evolutionary relationship between the proteins. Instead, the term “homologous” is defined to mean that the two proteins have similar amino acid sequences and similar biological activities or functions. In a preferred embodiment, a homologous protein is one that exhibits 50% sequence similarity to the wild type protein, preferred is 60% sequence similarity, more preferred is 70% sequence similarity. Even more preferred are homologous proteins that exhibit 80%, 85% or 90% sequence similarity to the wild type protein. In a yet more preferred embodiment, a homologous protein exhibits 95%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequence similarity.

[0092] When “sequence similarity” is used in reference to proteins or peptides, it is recognized that residue positions that are not identical often differ by conservative amino acid substitutions. In a preferred embodiment, a polypeptide that has “sequence similarity” comprises conservative or moderately conservative amino acid substitutions. A “conservative amino acid substitution” is one in which an amino acid residue is substituted by another amino acid residue having a side chain (R group) with similar chemical properties (e.g., charge or hydrophobicity). In general, a conservative amino acid substitution will not substantially change the functional properties of a protein. In cases where two or more amino acid sequences differ from each other by conservative substitutions, the percent sequence identity or degree of similarity may be adjusted upwards to correct for the conservative nature of the substitution. Means for making this adjustment are well-known to those of skill in the art. See, e.g., Pearson, Methods Mol. Biol. 24: 307-31 (1994), herein incorporated by reference.

[0093] For instance, the following six groups each contain amino acids that are conservative substitutions for one another:

[0094] 1) Serine (S), Threonine (T);

[0095] 2) Aspartic Acid (D), Glutamic Acid (E);

[0096] 3) Asparagine (N), Glutamine (Q);

[0097] 4) Arginine (R), Lysine (K);

[0098] 5) Isoleucine (I), Leucine (L), Methionine (M), Alanine (A), Valine (V), and

[0099] 6) Phenylalanine (F), Tyrosine (Y), Tryptophan (W).

[0100] Alternatively, a conservative replacement is any change having a positive value in the PAM250 log-likelihood matrix disclosed in Gonnet et al., Science 256: 1443-45 (1992), herein incorporated by reference. A “moderately conservative” replacement is any change having a nonnegative value in the PAM250 log-likelihood matrix.

[0101] Sequence similarity for polypeptides, which is also referred to as sequence identity, is typically measured using sequence analysis software. Protein analysis software matches similar sequences using measures of similarity assigned to various substitutions, deletions and other modifications, including conservative amino acid substitutions. For instance, GCG contains programs such as “Gap” and “Bestfit” which can be used with default parameters to determine sequence homology or sequence identity between closely related polypeptides, such as homologous polypeptides from different species of organisms or between a wild type protein and a mutein thereof. See, e.g., GCG Version 6.1. Other programs include FASTA, discussed supra.

[0102] A preferred algorithm when comparing a sequence of the invention to a database containing a large number of sequences from different organisms is the computer program BLAST, especially blastp or tblastn. See, e.g., Altschul et al., J. Mol. Biol. 215: 403-410 (1990); Altschul et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 25:3389-402 (1997); herein incorporated by reference. Preferred parameters for blastp are:

[0103] Expectation value: 10 (default)

[0104] Filter: seg (default)

[0105] Cost to open a gap: 11 (default)

[0106] Cost to extend a gap: 1 (default

[0107] Max. alignments: 100 (default)

[0108] Word size: 11 (default)

[0109] No. of descriptions: 100 (default)

[0110] Penalty Matrix: BLOSUM62

[0111] The length of polypeptide sequences compared for homology will generally be at least about 16 amino acid residues, usually at least about 20 residues, more usually at least about 24 residues, typically at least about 28 residues, and preferably more than about 35 residues. When searching a database containing sequences from a large number of different organisms, it is preferable to compare amino acid sequences.

[0112] Database searching using amino acid sequences can be measured by algorithms other than blastp are known in the art. For instance, polypeptide sequences can be compared using FASTA, a program in GCG Version 6.1. FASTA (e.g., FASTA2 and FASTA3) provides alignments and percent sequence identity of the regions of the best overlap between the query and search sequences (Pearson (1990), supra; Pearson (2000), supra. For example, percent sequence identity between amino acid sequences can be determined using FASTA with its default or recommended parameters (a word size of 2 and the PAM250 scoring matrix), as provided in GCG Version 6.1, herein incorporated by reference.

[0113] An “antibody” refers to an intact immunoglobulin, or to an antigen-binding portion thereof that competes with the intact antibody for specific binding to a molecular species, e.g., a polypeptide of the instant invention. Antigen-binding portions may be produced by recombinant DNA techniques or by enzymatic or chemical cleavage of intact antibodies. Antigen-binding portions include, inter alia, Fab, Fab′, F(ab′)₂, Fv, dAb, and complementarity determining region (CDR) fragments, single-chain antibodies (scFv), chimeric antibodies, diabodies and polypeptides that contain at least a portion of an immunoglobulin that is sufficient to confer specific antigen binding to the polypeptide. An Fab fragment is a monovalent fragment consisting of the VL, VH, CL and CH1 domains; an F(ab′)₂ fragment is a bivalent fragment comprising two Fab fragments linked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region; an Fd fragment consists of the VH and CH1 domains; an Fv fragment consists of the VL and VH domains of a single arm of an antibody; and a dAb fragment consists of a VH domain. See, e.g., Ward et al, Nature 341: 544-546 (1989).

[0114] By “bind specifically” and “specific binding” is here intended the ability of the antibody to bind to a first molecular species in preference to binding to other molecular species with which the antibody and first molecular species are admixed. An antibody is said specifically to “recognize” a first molecular species when it can bind specifically to that first molecular species.

[0115] A single-chain antibody (scFv) is an antibody in which a VL and VH region are paired to form a monovalent molecule via a synthetic linker that enables them to be made as a single protein chain. See, e.g., Bird et al., Science 242: 423-426 (1988); Huston et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 5879-5883 (1988). Diabodies are bivalent, bispecific antibodies in which VH and VL domains are expressed on a single polypeptide chain, but using a linker that is too short to allow for pairing between the two domains on the same chain, thereby forcing the domains to pair with complementary domains of another chain and creating two antigen binding sites. See e.g., Holliger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 6444-6448 (1993); Poljak et al., Structure 2: 1121-1123 (1994). One or more CDRs may be incorporated into a molecule either covalently or noncovalently to make it an immunoadhesin. An immunoadhesin may incorporate the CDR(s) as part of a larger polypeptide chain, may covalently link the CDR(s) to another polypeptide chain, or may incorporate the CDR(s) noncovalently. The CDRs permit the immunoadhesin to specifically bind to a particular antigen of interest. A chimeric antibody is an antibody that contains one or more regions from one antibody and one or more regions from one or more other antibodies.

[0116] An antibody may have one or more binding sites. If there is more than one binding site, the binding sites may be identical to one another or may be different. For instance, a naturally-occurring immunoglobulin has two identical binding sites, a single-chain antibody or Fab fragment has one binding site, while a “bispecific” or “bifunctional” antibody has two different binding sites.

[0117] An “isolated antibody” is an antibody that (1) is not associated with naturally-associated components, including other naturally-associated antibodies, that accompany it in its native state, (2) is free of other proteins from the same species, (3) is expressed by a cell from a different species, or (4) does not occur in nature. It is known that purified proteins, including purified antibodies, may be stabilized with non-naturally-associated components. The non-naturally-associated component may be a protein, such as albumin (e.g., BSA) or a chemical such as polyethylene glycol (PEG).

[0118] A “neutralizing antibody” or “an inhibitory antibody” is an antibody that inhibits the activity of a polypeptide or blocks the binding of a polypeptide to a ligand that normally binds to it. An “activating antibody” is an antibody that increases the activity of a polypeptide.

[0119] The term “epitope” includes any protein determinant capable of specifically binding to an immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor. Epitopic determinants usually consist of chemically active surface groupings of molecules such as amino acids or sugar side chains and usually have specific three-dimensional structural characteristics, as well as specific charge characteristics. An antibody is said to specifically bind an antigen when the dissociation constant is less than 1 μM, preferably less than 100 nM and most preferably less than 10 nM.

[0120] The term “patient” as used herein includes human and veterinary subjects.

[0121] Throughout this specification and claims, the word “comprise,” or variations such as “comprises” or “comprising,” will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated integer or group of integers but not the exclusion of any other integer or group of integers.

[0122] The term “ovary specific” refers to a nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide that is expressed predominantly in the ovary as compared to other tissues in the body. In a preferred embodiment, a “ovary specific” nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide is expressed at a level that is 5-fold higher than any other tissue in the body. In a more preferred embodiment, the “ovary specific” nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide is expressed at a level that is 10-fold higher than any other tissue in the body, more preferably at least 15-fold, 20-fold, 25-fold, 50-fold or 100-fold higher than any other tissue in the body. Nucleic acid molecule levels may be measured by nucleic acid hybridization, such as Northern blot hybridization, or quantitative PCR. Polypeptide levels may be measured by any method known to accurately quantitate protein levels, such as Western blot analysis.

Nucleic Acid Molecules, Regulatory Sequences, Vectors, Host Cells and Recombinant Methods of Making Polypeptides

[0123] Nucleic Acid Molecules

[0124] One aspect of the invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that are specific to the ovary or to ovary cells or tissue or that are derived from such nucleic acid molecules. These isolated ovary specific nucleic acids (OSNAs) may comprise a cDNA, a genomic DNA, RNA, or a fragment of one of these nucleic acids, or may be a non-naturally-occurring nucleic acid molecule. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide that is specific to ovary, an ovary-specific polypeptide (OSP). In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In another highly preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118.

[0125] AN OSNA may be derived from a human or from another animal. In a preferred embodiment, the OSNA is derived from a human or other mammal. In a more preferred embodiment, the OSNA is derived from a human or other primate. In an even more preferred embodiment, the OSNA is derived from a human.

[0126] By “nucleic acid molecule” for purposes of the present invention, it is also meant to be inclusive of nucleic acid sequences that selectively hybridize to a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSNA or a complement thereof. The hybridizing nucleic acid molecule may or may not encode a polypeptide or may not encode an OSP. However, in a preferred embodiment, the hybridizing nucleic acid molecule encodes an OSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the invention provides a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In an even more preferred embodiment, the invention provides a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118.

[0127] In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP under low stringency conditions. In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP under moderate stringency conditions. In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP under high stringency conditions. In an even more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule hybridizes under low, moderate or high stringency conditions to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In a yet more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule hybridizes under low, moderate or high stringency conditions to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the hybridizing nucleic acid molecule may be used to express recombinantly a polypeptide of the invention.

[0128] By “nucleic acid molecule” as used herein it is also meant to be inclusive of sequences that exhibits substantial sequence similarity to a nucleic acid encoding an OSP or a complement of the encoding nucleic acid molecule. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule exhibits substantial sequence similarity to a nucleic acid molecule encoding human OSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule exhibits substantial sequence similarity to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In a preferred embodiment, the similar nucleic acid molecule is one that has at least 60% sequence identity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP, such as a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, more preferably at least 70%, even more preferably at least 80% and even more preferably at least 85%. In a more preferred embodiment, the similar nucleic acid molecule is one that has at least 90% sequence identity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP, more preferably at least 95%, more preferably at least 97%, even more preferably at least 98%, and still more preferably at least 99%. In another highly preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule is one that has at least 99.5%, 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8% or 99.9% sequence identity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP.

[0129] In another preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule exhibits substantial sequence similarity to an OSNA or its complement. In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule exhibits substantial sequence similarity to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule is one that has at least 60% sequence identity with an OSNA, such as one having a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, more preferably at least 70%, even more preferably at least 80% and even more preferably at least 85%. In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule is one that has at least 90% sequence identity with an OSNA, more preferably at least 95%, more preferably at least 97%, even more preferably at least 98%, and still more preferably at least 99%. In another highly preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule is one that has at least 99.5%, 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8% or 99.9% sequence identity with an OSNA.

[0130] A nucleic acid molecule that exhibits substantial sequence similarity may be one that exhibits sequence identity over its entire length to an OSNA or to a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP, or may be one that is similar over only a part of its length. In this case, the part is at least 50 nucleotides of the OSNA or the nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP, preferably at least 100 nucleotides, more preferably at least 150 or 200 nucleotides, even more preferably at least 250 or 300 nucleotides, still more preferably at least 400 or 500 nucleotides.

[0131] The substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may be a naturally-occurring one that is derived from another species, especially one derived from another primate, wherein the similar nucleic acid molecule encodes an amino acid sequence that exhibits significant sequence identity to that of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228 or demonstrates significant sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118. The similar nucleic acid molecule may also be a naturally-occurring nucleic acid molecule from a human, when the OSNA is a member of a gene family. The similar nucleic acid molecule may also be a naturally-occurring nucleic acid molecule derived from a non-primate, mammalian species, including without limitation, domesticated species, e.g., dog, cat, mouse, rat, rabbit, hamster, cow, horse and pig; and wild animals, e.g., monkey, fox, lions, tigers, bears, giraffes, zebras, etc. The substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may also be a naturally-occurring nucleic acid molecule derived from a non-mammalian species, such as birds or reptiles. The naturally-occurring substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may be isolated directly from humans or other species. In another embodiment, the substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may be one that is experimentally produced by random mutation of a nucleic acid molecule. In another embodiment, the substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may be one that is experimentally produced by directed mutation of an OSNA. Further, the substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may or may not be an OSNA. However, in a preferred embodiment, the substantially similar nucleic acid molecule is an OSNA.

[0132] By “nucleic acid molecule” it is also meant to be inclusive of allelic variants of an OSNA or a nucleic acid encoding an OSP. For instance, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) occur frequently in eukaryotic genomes. In fact, more than 1.4 million SNPs have already identified in the human genome, International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, Nature 409: 860-921 (2001). Thus, the sequence determined from one individual of a species may differ from other allelic forms present within the population. Additionally, small deletions and insertions, rather than single nucleotide polymorphisms, are not uncommon in the general population, and often do not alter the function of the protein. Further, amino acid substitutions occur frequently among natural allelic variants, and often do not substantially change protein function.

[0133] In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprising an allelic variant is a variant of a gene, wherein the gene is transcribed into an mRNA that encodes an OSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the gene is transcribed into an mRNA that encodes an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In another preferred embodiment, the allelic variant is a variant of a gene, wherein the gene is transcribed into an mRNA that is an OSNA. In a more preferred embodiment, the gene is transcribed into an mRNA that comprises the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118. In a preferred embodiment, the allelic variant is a naturally-occurring allelic variant in the species of interest. In a more preferred embodiment, the species of interest is human.

[0134] By “nucleic acid molecule” it is also meant to be inclusive of a part of a nucleic acid sequence of the instant invention. The part may or may not encode a polypeptide, and may or may not encode a polypeptide that is an OSP. However, in a preferred embodiment, the part encodes an OSP. In one aspect, the invention comprises a part of an OSNA. In a second aspect, the invention comprises a part of a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes or exhibits substantial sequence similarity to an OSNA. In a third aspect, the invention comprises a part of a nucleic acid molecule that is an allelic variant of an OSNA. In a fourth aspect, the invention comprises a part of a nucleic acid molecule that encodes an OSP. A part comprises at least 10 nucleotides, more preferably at least 15, 17, 18, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 or 500 nucleotides. The maximum size of a nucleic acid part is one nucleotide shorter than the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule encoding the full-length protein.

[0135] By “nucleic acid molecule” it is also meant to be inclusive of sequence that encoding a fusion protein, a homologous protein, a polypeptide fragment, a mutein or a polypeptide analog, as described below.

[0136] Nucleotide sequences of the instantly-described nucleic acids were determined by sequencing a DNA molecule that had resulted, directly or indirectly, from at least one enzymatic polymerization reaction (e.g., reverse transcription and/or polymerase chain reaction) using an automated sequencer (such as the MegaBACE™ 1000, Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, Calif., USA). Further, all amino acid sequences of the polypeptides of the present invention were predicted by translation from the nucleic acid sequences so determined, unless otherwise specified.

[0137] In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the nucleic acid molecule contains modifications of the native nucleic acid molecule. These modifications include nonnative internucleoside bonds, post-synthetic modifications or altered nucleotide analogues. One having ordinary skill in the art would recognize that the type of modification that can be made will depend upon the intended use of the nucleic acid molecule. For instance, when the nucleic acid molecule is used as a hybridization probe, the range of such modifications will be limited to those that permit sequence-discriminating base pairing of the resulting nucleic acid. When used to direct expression of RNA or protein in vitro or in vivo, the range of such modifications will be limited to those that permit the nucleic acid to function properly as a polymerization substrate. When the isolated nucleic acid is used as a therapeutic agent, the modifications will be limited to those that do not confer toxicity upon the isolated nucleic acid.

[0138] In a preferred embodiment, isolated nucleic acid molecules can include nucleotide analogues that incorporate labels that are directly detectable, such as radiolabels or fluorophores, or nucleotide analogues that incorporate labels that can be visualized in a subsequent reaction, such as biotin or various haptens. In a more preferred embodiment, the labeled nucleic acid molecule may be used as a hybridization probe.

[0139] Common radiolabeled analogues include those labeled with ³³P, ³²P, and 35S, such as -³²P-dATP, -³²P-dCTP, -³²P-dGTP, -³²P-dTTP, -³²P-3′dATP, -³²P-ATP, -³²P-CTP, -³²P-GTP, -³²P-UTP, -³⁵S-dATP, α-³⁵S-GTP, α-³³P-dATP, and the like.

[0140] Commercially available fluorescent nucleotide analogues readily incorporated into the nucleic acids of the present invention include Cy3-dCTP, Cy3-dUTP, Cy5-dCTP, Cy3-dUTP (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Piscataway, N.J., USA), fluorescein-12-dUTP, tetramethylrhodamine-6-dUTP, Texas Red®-5-dUTP, Cascade Blue®-7-dUTP, BODIPY® FL-14-dUTP, BODIPY® TMR-14-dUTP, BODIPY® TR-14-dUTP, Rhodamine Green™-5-dUTP, Oregon Green® 488-5-dUTP, Texas Red®-12-dUTP, BODIPY® 630/650-14-dUTP, BODIPY® 650/665-14-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 488-5-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 532-5-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 568-5-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 594-5-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 546-14-dUTP, fluorescein-12-UTP, tetramethylrhodamine-6-UTP, Texas Red®-5-UTP, Cascade Blue®-7-UTP, BODIPY® FL-14-UTP, BODIPY® TMR-14-UTP, BODIPY® TR-14-UTP, Rhodamine Green™-5-UTP, Alexa Fluor® 488-5-UTP, Alexa Fluor® 546-14-UTP (Molecular Probes, Inc. Eugene, Oreg., USA). One may also custom synthesize nucleotides having other fluorophores. See Henegariu et al, Nature Biotechnol. 18: 345-348 (2000), the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[0141] Haptens that are commonly conjugated to nucleotides for subsequent labeling include biotin (biotin-11-dUTP, Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA; biotin-21-UTP, biotin-21-dUTP, Clontech Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., USA), digoxigenin (DIG-11-dUTP, alkali labile, DIG-11-UTP, Roche Diagnostics Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., USA), and dinitrophenyl (dinitrophenyl-11-dUTP, Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA).

[0142] Nucleic acid molecules can be labeled by incorporation of labeled nucleotide analogues into the nucleic acid. Such analogues can be incorporated by enzymatic polymerization, such as by nick translation, random priming, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), terminal transferase tailing, and end-filling of overhangs, for DNA molecules, and in vitro transcription driven, e.g., from phage promoters, such as T7, T3, and SP6, for RNA molecules. Commercial kits are readily available for each such labeling approach. Analogues can also be incorporated during automated solid phase chemical synthesis. Labels can also be incorporated after nucleic acid synthesis, with the 5′ phosphate and 3′ hydroxyl providing convenient sites for post-synthetic covalent attachment of detectable labels.

[0143] Other post-synthetic approaches also permit internal labeling of nucleic acids. For example, fluorophores can be attached using a cisplatin reagent that reacts with the N7 of guanine residues (and, to a lesser extent, adenine bases) in DNA, RNA, and PNA to provide a stable coordination complex between the nucleic acid and fluorophore label (Universal Linkage System) (available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA and Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Piscataway, N.J., USA); see Alers et al., Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer 25: 301-305 (1999); Jelsma et al., J. NIH Res. 5: 82 (1994); Van Belkum et al., BioTechniques 16: 148-153 (1994), incorporated herein by reference. As another example, nucleic acids can be labeled using a disulfide-containing linker (FastTag™ Reagent, Vector Laboratories, Inc., Burlingame, Calif., USA) that is photo- or thermally-coupled to the target nucleic acid using aryl azide chemistry; after reduction, a free thiol is available for coupling to a hapten, fluorophore, sugar, affinity ligand, or other marker.

[0144] One or more independent or interacting labels can be incorporated into the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. For example, both a fluorophore and a moiety that in proximity thereto acts to quench fluorescence can be included to report specific hybridization through release of fluorescence quenching or to report exonucleotidic excision. See, e.g., Tyagi et al., Nature Biotechnol. 14: 303-308 (1996); Tyagi et al., Nature Biotechnol. 16: 49-53 (1998); Sokol et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 11538-11543 (1998); Kostrikis et al., Science 279: 1228-1229 (1998); Marras et al., Genet. Anal. 14: 151-156 (1999); U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,846,726; 5,925,517; 5,925,517; 5,723,591 and 5,538,848; Holland et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88: 7276-7280 (1991); Heid et al., Genome Res. 6(10): 986-94 (1996); Kuimelis et al., Nucleic Acids Symp. Ser. (37): 255-6 (1997); the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0145] Nucleic acid molecules of the invention may be modified by altering one or more native phosphodiester internucleoside bonds to more nuclease-resistant, internucleoside bonds. See Hartmann et al. (eds.), Manual of Antisense Methodology: Perspectives in Antisense Science, Kluwer Law International (1999); Stein et al. (eds.), Applied Antisense Oligonucleotide Technology, Wiley-Liss (1998); Chadwick et al. (eds.), Oligonucleotides as Therapeutic Agents—Symposium No. 209, John Wiley & Son Ltd (1997); the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Such altered internucleoside bonds are often desired for antisense techniques or for targeted gene correction. See Gamper et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 28(21): 4332-4339 (2000), the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[0146] Modified oligonucleotide backbones include, without limitation, phosphorothioates, chiral phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, phosphotriesters, aminoalkylphosphotriesters, methyl and other alkyl phosphonates including 3′-alkylene phosphonates and chiral phosphonates, phosphinates, phosphoramidates including 3′-amino phosphoramidate and aminoalkylphosphoramidates, thionophosphoramidates, thionoalkylphosphonates, thionoalkylphosphotriesters, and boranophosphates having normal 3′-5′ linkages, 2′-5′ linked analogs of these, and those having inverted polarity wherein the adjacent pairs of nucleoside units are linked 3′-5′ to 5′-3′ or 2′-5′ to 5′-2′. Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of the above phosphorus-containing linkages include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,687,808; 4,469,863; 4,476,301; 5,023,243; 5,177,196; 5,188,897; 5,264,423; 5,276,019; 5,278,302; 5,286,717; 5,321,131; 5,399,676; 5,405,939; 5,453,496; 5,455,233; 5,466,677; 5,476,925; 5,519,126; 5,536,821; 5,541,306; 5,550,111; 5,563,253; 5,571,799; 5,587,361; and 5,625,050, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. In a preferred embodiment, the modified internucleoside linkages may be used for antisense techniques.

[0147] Other modified oligonucleotide backbones do not include a phosphorus atom, but have backbones that are formed by short chain alkyl or cycloalkyl internucleoside linkages, mixed heteroatom and alkyl or cycloalkyl internucleoside linkages, or one or more short chain heteroatomic or heterocyclic internucleoside linkages. These include those having morpholino linkages (formed in part from the sugar portion of a nucleoside); siloxane backbones; sulfide, sulfoxide and sulfone backbones; formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; methylene formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; alkene containing backbones; sulfamate backbones; methyleneimino and methylenehydrazino backbones; sulfonate and sulfonamide backbones; amide backbones; and others having mixed N, O, S and CH₂ component parts. Representative U.S. patents that teach the preparation of the above backbones include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,034,506; 5,166,315; 5,185,444; 5,214,134; 5,216,141; 5,235,033; 5,264,562; 5,264,564; 5,405,938; 5,434,257; 5,466,677; 5,470,967; 5,489,677; 5,541,307; 5,561,225; 5,596,086; 5,602,240; 5,610,289; 5,602,240; 5,608,046; 5,610,289; 5,618,704; 5,623,070; 5,663,312; 5,633,360; 5,677,437 and 5,677,439; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0148] In other preferred oligonucleotide mimetics, both the sugar and the internucleoside linkage are replaced with novel groups, such as peptide nucleic acids (PNA). In PNA compounds, the phosphodiester backbone of the nucleic acid is replaced with an amide-containing backbone, in particular by repeating N-(2-aminoethyl) glycine units linked by amide bonds. Nucleobases are bound directly or indirectly to aza nitrogen atoms of the amide portion of the backbone, typically by methylene carbonyl linkages. PNA can be synthesized using a modified peptide synthesis protocol. PNA oligomers can be synthesized by both Fmoc and tBoc methods. Representative U.S. patents that teach the preparation of PNA compounds include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,539,082; 5,714,331; and 5,719,262, each of which is herein incorporated by reference. Automated PNA synthesis is readily achievable on commercial synthesizers (see, e.g., “PNA User's Guide,” Rev. 2, February 1998, Perseptive Biosystems Part No. 60138, Applied Biosystems, Inc., Foster City, Calif.).

[0149] PNA molecules are advantageous for a number of reasons. First, because the PNA backbone is uncharged, PNA/DNA and PNA/RNA duplexes have a higher thermal stability than is found in DNA/DNA and DNA/RNA duplexes. The Tm of a PNA/DNA or PNA/RNA duplex is generally 1° C. higher per base pair than the Tm of the corresponding DNA/DNA or DNA/RNA duplex (in 100 mM NaCl). Second, PNA molecules can also form stable PNA/DNA complexes at low ionic strength, under conditions in which DNA/DNA duplex formation does not occur. Third, PNA also demonstrates greater specificity in binding to complementary DNA because a PNA/DNA mismatch is more destabilizing than DNA/DNA mismatch. A single mismatch in mixed a PNA/DNA 15-mer lowers the Tm by 8-20° C. (15° C. on average). In the corresponding DNA/DNA duplexes, a single mismatch lowers the Tm by 4-16° C. (11° C. on average). Because PNA probes can be significantly shorter than DNA probes, their specificity is greater. Fourth, PNA oligomers are resistant to degradation by enzymes, and the lifetime of these compounds is extended both in vivo and in vitro because nucleases and proteases do not recognize the PNA polyamide backbone with nucleobase sidechains. See, e.g., Ray et al., FASEB J. 14(9): 1041-60 (2000); Nielsen et al., Pharmacol Toxicol. 86(1): 3-7 (2000); Larsen et al, Biochim Biophys Acta. 1489(1): 159-66 (1999); Nielsen, Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 9(3): 353-7 (1999), and Nielsen, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 10(1): 71-5 (1999), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0150] Nucleic acid molecules may be modified compared to their native structure throughout the length of the nucleic acid molecule or can be localized to discrete portions thereof. As an example of the latter, chimeric nucleic acids can be synthesized that have discrete DNA and RNA domains and that can be used for targeted gene repair and modified PCR reactions, as further described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,760,012 and 5,731,181, Misra et al., Biochem. 37: 1917-1925 (1998); and Finn et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 24: 3357-3363 (1996), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0151] Unless otherwise specified, nucleic acids of the present invention can include any topological conformation appropriate to the desired use; the term thus explicitly comprehends, among others, single-stranded, double-stranded, triplexed, quadruplexed, partially double-stranded, partially-triplexed, partially-quadruplexed, branched, hairpinned, circular, and padlocked conformations. Padlock conformations and their utilities are further described in Banér et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 12: 11-15 (2001); Escude et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 14: 96(19):10603-7 (1999); Nilsson et al., Science 265(5181): 2085-8 (1994), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Triplex and quadruplex conformations, and their utilities, are reviewed in Praseuth et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1489(1): 181-206 (1999); Fox, Curr. Med. Chem. 7(1): 17-37 (2000); Kochetkova et al., Methods Mol. Biol. 130: 189-201 (2000); Chan et al., J. Mol. Med. 75(4): 267-82 (1997), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0152] Methods for Using Nucleic Acid Molecules as Probes and Primers

[0153] The isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as hybridization probes to detect, characterize, and quantify hybridizing nucleic acids in, and isolate hybridizing nucleic acids from, both genomic and transcript-derived nucleic acid samples. When free in solution, such probes are typically, but not invariably, detectably labeled; bound to a substrate, as in a microarray, such probes are typically, but not invariably unlabeled.

[0154] In one embodiment, the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention can be used as probes to detect and characterize gross alterations in the gene of an OSNA, such as deletions, insertions, translocations, and duplications of the OSNA genomic locus through fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to chromosome spreads. See, e.g., Andreeff et al. (eds.), Introduction to Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization: Principles and Clinical Applications, John Wiley & Sons (1999), the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The isolated nucleic acids of the present invention can be used as probes to assess smaller genomic alterations using, e.g., Southern blot detection of restriction fragment length polymorphisms. The isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as probes to isolate genomic clones that include the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, which thereafter can be restriction mapped and sequenced to identify deletions, insertions, translocations, and substitutions (single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs) at the sequence level.

[0155] In another embodiment, the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as probes to detect, characterize, and quantify OSNA in, and isolate OSNA from, transcript-derived nucleic acid samples. In one aspect, the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as hybridization probes to detect, characterize by length, and quantify mRNA by Northern blot of total or poly-A⁺-selected RNA samples. In another aspect, the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as hybridization probes to detect, characterize by location, and quantify mRNA by in situ hybridization to tissue sections. See, e.g., Schwarchzacher et al, In Situ Hybridization, Springer-Verlag New York (2000), the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In another preferred embodiment, the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as hybridization probes to measure the representation of clones in a cDNA library or to isolate hybridizing nucleic acid molecules acids from cDNA libraries, permitting sequence level characterization of mRNAs that hybridize to OSNAs, including, without limitations, identification of deletions, insertions, substitutions, truncations, alternatively spliced forms and single nucleotide polymorphisms. In yet another preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecules of the instant invention may be used in microarrays.

[0156] All of the aforementioned probe techniques are well within the skill in the art, and are described at greater length in standard texts such as Sambrook (2001), supra; Ausubel (1999), supra; and Walker et al. (eds.), The Nucleic Acids Protocols Handbook, Humana Press (2000), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

[0157] Thus, in one embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule of the invention may be used as a probe or primer to identify or amplify a second nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule of the invention. In a preferred embodiment, the probe or primer is derived from a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the probe or primer is derived from a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In another preferred embodiment, the probe or primer is derived from an OSNA. In a more preferred embodiment, the probe or primer is derived from a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118.

[0158] In general, a probe or primer is at least 10 nucleotides in length, more preferably at least 12, more preferably at least 14 and even more preferably at least 16 or 17 nucleotides in length. In an even more preferred embodiment, the probe or primer is at least 18 nucleotides in length, even more preferably at least 20 nucleotides and even more preferably at least 22 nucleotides in length. Primers and probes may also be longer in length. For instance, a probe or primer may be 25 nucleotides in length, or may be 30, 40 or 50 nucleotides in length. Methods of performing nucleic acid hybridization using oligonucleotide probes are well-known in the art. See, e.g., Sambrook et al., 1989, supra, Chapter 11 and pp. 11.31-11.32 and 11.40-11.44, which describes radiolabeling of short probes, and pp. 11.45-11.53, which describe hybridization conditions for oligonucleotide probes, including specific conditions for probe hybridization (pp. 11.50-11.51).

[0159] Methods of performing primer-directed amplification are also well-known in the art. Methods for performing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are compiled, inter alia, in McPherson, PCR Basics: From Background to Bench, Springer Verlag (2000); Innis et al. (eds.), PCR Applications: Protocols for Functional Genomics, Academic Press (1999); Gelfand et al (eds.), PCR Strategies, Academic Press (1998); Newton et al., PCR, Springer-Verlag New York (1997); Burke (ed.), PCR: Essential Techniques, John Wiley & Son Ltd (1996); White (ed.), PCR Cloning Protocols: From Molecular Cloning to Genetic Engineering, Vol. 67, Humana Press (1996); McPherson et al. (eds.), PCR 2: A Practical Approach, Oxford University Press, Inc. (1995); the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Methods for performing RT-PCR are collected, e.g., in Siebert et al (eds.), Gene Cloning and Analysis by RT-PCR, Eaton Publishing Company/Bio Techniques Books Division, 1998; Siebert (ed.), PCR Technique:RT-PCR, Eaton Publishing Company/BioTechniques Books (1995); the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[0160] PCR and hybridization methods may be used to identify and/or isolate allelic variants, homologous nucleic acid molecules and fragments of the nucleic acid molecules of the invention. PCR and hybridization methods may also be used to identify, amplify and/or isolate nucleic acid molecules that encode homologous proteins, analogs, fusion protein or muteins of the invention. The nucleic acid primers of the present invention can be used to prime amplification of nucleic acid molecules of the invention, using transcript-derived or genomic DNA as template.

[0161] The nucleic acid primers of the present invention can also be used, for example, to prime single base extension (SBE) for SNP detection (See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,004,744, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety).

[0162] Isothermal amplification approaches, such as rolling circle amplification, are also now well-described. See, e.g., Schweitzer et al, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 12(1): 21-7 (2001); U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,854,033 and 5,714,320; and international patent publications WO 97/19193 and WO 00/15779, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Rolling circle amplification can be combined with other techniques to facilitate SNP detection. See, e.g., Lizardi et al., Nature Genet. 19(3): 225-32 (1998).

[0163] Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention may be bound to a substrate either covalently or noncovalently. The substrate can be porous or solid, planar or non-planar, unitary or distributed. The bound nucleic acid molecules may be used as hybridization probes, and may be labeled or unlabeled. In a preferred embodiment, the bound nucleic acid molecules are unlabeled.

[0164] In one embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is bound to a porous substrate, e.g., a membrane, typically comprising nitrocellulose, nylon, or positively-charged derivatized nylon. The nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be used to detect a hybridizing nucleic acid molecule that is present within a labeled nucleic acid sample, e.g., a sample of transcript-derived nucleic acids. In another embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule is bound to a solid substrate, including, without limitation, glass, amorphous silicon, crystalline silicon or plastics. Examples of plastics include, without limitation, polymethylacrylic, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyacrylate, polymethylmethacrylate, polyvinylchloride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyacetal, polysulfone, celluloseacetate, cellulosenitrate, nitrocellulose, or mixtures thereof. The solid substrate may be any shape, including rectangular, disk-like and spherical. In a preferred embodiment, the solid substrate is a microscope slide or slide-shaped substrate.

[0165] The nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be attached covalently to a surface of the support substrate or applied to a derivatized surface in a chaotropic agent that facilitates denaturation and adherence by presumed noncovalent interactions, or some combination thereof. The nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be bound to a substrate to which a plurality of other nucleic acids are concurrently bound, hybridization to each of the plurality of bound nucleic acids being separately detectable. At low density, e.g. on a porous membrane, these substrate-bound collections are typically denominated macroarrays; at higher density, typically on a solid support, such as glass, these substrate bound collections of plural nucleic acids are colloquially termed microarrays. As used herein, the term microarray includes arrays of all densities. It is, therefore, another aspect of the invention to provide microarrays that include the nucleic acids of the present invention.

[0166] Expression Vectors, Host Cells and Recombinant Methods of producing Polypeptides

[0167] Another aspect of the present invention relates to vectors that comprise one or more of the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, and host cells in which such vectors have been introduced.

[0168] The vectors can be used, inter alia, for propagating the nucleic acids of the present invention in host cells (cloning vectors), for shuttling the nucleic acids of the present invention between host cells derived from disparate organisms (shuttle vectors), for inserting the nucleic acids of the present invention into host cell chromosomes (insertion vectors), for expressing sense or antisense RNA transcripts of the nucleic acids of the present invention in vitro or within a host cell, and for expressing polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acids of the present invention, alone or as fusions to heterologous polypeptides (expression vectors). Vectors of the present invention will often be suitable for several such uses.

[0169] Vectors are by now well-known in the art, and are described, inter alia, in Jones et al. (eds.), Vectors: Cloning Applications: Essential Techniques (Essential Techniques Series), John Wiley & Son Ltd. (1998); Jones et al. (eds.), Vectors: Expression Systems: Essential Techniques (Essential Techniques Series), John Wiley & Son Ltd. (1998); Gacesa et al., Vectors: Essential Data, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (1995); Cid-Arregui (eds.), Viral Vectors: Basic Science and Gene Therapy, Eaton Publishing Co. (2000); Sambrook (2001), supra; Ausubel (1999), supra; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Furthermore, an enormous variety of vectors are available commercially. Use of existing vectors and modifications thereof being well within the skill in the art, only basic features need be described here.

[0170] Nucleic acid sequences may be expressed by operatively linking them to an expression control sequence in an appropriate expression vector and employing that expression vector to transform an appropriate unicellular host. Expression control sequences are sequences which control the transcription, post-transcriptional events and translation of nucleic acid sequences. Such operative linking of a nucleic sequence of this invention to an expression control sequence, of course, includes, if not already part of the nucleic acid sequence, the provision of a translation initiation codon, ATG or GTG, in the correct reading frame upstream of the nucleic acid sequence.

[0171] A wide variety of host/expression vector combinations may be employed in expressing the nucleic acid sequences of this invention. Useful expression vectors, for example, may consist of segments of chromosomal, non-chromosomal and synthetic nucleic acid sequences.

[0172] In one embodiment, prokaryotic cells may be used with an appropriate vector. Prokaryotic host cells are often used for cloning and expression. In a preferred embodiment, prokaryotic host cells include E. coli, Pseudomonas, Bacillus and Streptomyces. In a preferred embodiment, bacterial host cells are used to express the nucleic acid molecules of the instant invention. Useful expression vectors for bacterial hosts include bacterial plasmids, such as those from E. coli, Bacillus or Streptomyces, including pBluescript, pGEX-2T, pUC vectors, col E1, pCR1, pBR322, pMB9 and their derivatives, wider host range plasmids, such as RP4, phage DNAs, e.g., the numerous derivatives of phage lambda, e.g., NM989, λGT10 and λGT11, and other phages, e.g., M13 and filamentous single-stranded phage DNA. Where E. coli is used as host, selectable markers are, analogously, chosen for selectivity in gram negative bacteria: e.g., typical markers confer resistance to antibiotics, such as ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, streptomycin and zeocin; auxotrophic markers can also be used.

[0173] In other embodiments, eukaryotic host cells, such as yeast, insect, mammalian or plant cells, may be used. Yeast cells, typically S. cerevisiae, are useful for eukaryotic genetic studies, due to the ease of targeting genetic changes by homologous recombination and the ability to easily complement genetic defects using recombinantly expressed proteins. Yeast cells are useful for identifying interacting protein components, e.g. through use of a two-hybrid system. In a preferred embodiment, yeast cells are useful for protein expression. Vectors of the present invention for use in yeast will typically, but not invariably, contain an origin of replication suitable for use in yeast and a selectable marker that is functional in yeast. Yeast vectors include Yeast Integrating plasmids (e.g., YIp5) and Yeast Replicating plasmids (the YRp and YEp series plasmids), Yeast Centromere plasmids (the YCp series plasmids), Yeast Artificial Chromosomes (YACs) which are based on yeast linear plasmids, denoted YLp, pGPD-2, 2 μ plasmids and derivatives thereof, and improved shuttle vectors such as those described in Gietz et al., Gene, 74: 527-34 (1988) (YIplac, YEplac and YCplac). Selectable markers in yeast vectors include a variety of auxotrophic markers, the most common of which are (in Saccharomyces cerevisiae) URA3, HIS3, LEU2, TRP1 and LYS2, which complement specific auxotrophic mutations, such as ura3-52, his3-D1, leu2-D1, trp1-D1 and lys2-201.

[0174] Insect cells are often chosen for high efficiency protein expression. Where the host cells are from Spodoptera frugiperda , e.g., Sf9 and Sf21 cell lines, and expresSF™ cells (Protein Sciences Corp., Meriden, Conn., USA)), the vector replicative strategy is typically based upon the baculovirus life cycle. Typically, baculovirus transfer vectors are used to replace the wild-type AcMNPV polyhedrin gene with a heterologous gene of interest. Sequences that flank the polyhedrin gene in the wild-type genome are positioned 5′ and 3′ of the expression cassette on the transfer vectors. Following co-transfection with AcMNPV DNA, a homologous recombination event occurs between these sequences resulting in a recombinant virus carrying the gene of interest and the polyhedrin or p10 promoter. Selection can be based upon visual screening for lacZ fusion activity.

[0175] In another embodiment, the host cells may be mammalian cells, which are particularly useful for expression of proteins intended as pharmaceutical agents, and for screening of potential agonists and antagonists of a protein or a physiological pathway. Mammalian vectors intended for autonomous extrachromosomal replication will typically include a viral origin, such as the SV40 origin (for replication in cell lines expressing the large T-antigen, such as COS1 and COS7 cells), the papillomavirus origin, or the EBV origin for long term episomal replication (for use, e.g., in 293-EBNA cells, which constitutively express the EBV EBNA-1 gene product and adenovirus E1A). Vectors intended for integration, and thus replication as part of the mammalian chromosome, can, but need not, include an origin of replication functional in mammalian cells, such as the SV40 origin. Vectors based upon viruses, such as adenovirus, adeno-associated virus, vaccinia virus, and various mammalian retroviruses, will typically replicate according to the viral replicative strategy. Selectable markers for use in mammalian cells include resistance to neomycin (G418), blasticidin, hygromycin and to zeocin, and selection based upon the purine salvage pathway using HAT medium.

[0176] Expression in mammalian cells can be achieved using a variety of plasmids, including pSV2, pBC12BI, and p91023, as well as lytic virus vectors (e.g., vaccinia virus, adeno virus, and baculovirus), episomal virus vectors (e.g., bovine papillomavirus), and retroviral vectors (e.g., murine retroviruses). Useful vectors for insect cells include baculoviral vectors and pVL 941.

[0177] Plant cells can also be used for expression, with the vector replicon typically derived from a plant virus (e.g., cauliflower mosaic virus, CaMV; tobacco mosaic virus, TMV) and selectable markers chosen for suitability in plants.

[0178] It is known that codon usage of different host cells may be different. For example, a plant cell and a human cell may exhibit a difference in codon preference for encoding a particular amino acid. As a result, human mRNA may not be efficiently translated in a plant, bacteria or insect host cell. Therefore, another embodiment of this invention is directed to codon optimization. The codons of the nucleic acid molecules of the invention may be modified to resemble, as much as possible, genes naturally contained within the host cell without altering the amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleic acid molecule.

[0179] Any of a wide variety of expression control sequences may be used in these vectors to express the DNA sequences of this invention. Such useful expression control sequences include the expression control sequences associated with structural genes of the foregoing expression vectors. Expression control sequences that control transcription include, e.g., promoters, enhancers and transcription termination sites. Expression control sequences in eukaryotic cells that control post-transcriptional events include splice donor and acceptor sites and sequences that modify the half-life of the transcribed RNA, e.g., sequences that direct poly(A) addition or binding sites for RNA-binding proteins. Expression control sequences that control translation include ribosome binding sites, sequences which direct targeted expression of the polypeptide to or within particular cellular compartments, and sequences in the 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions that modify the rate or efficiency of translation.

[0180] Examples of useful expression control sequences for a prokaryote, e.g., E. coli, will include a promoter, often a phage promoter, such as phage lambda pL promoter, the trc promoter, a hybrid derived from the trp and lac promoters, the bacteriophage T7 promoter (in E. coli cells engineered to express the T7 polymerase), the TAC or TRC system, the major operator and promoter regions of phage lambda, the control regions of fd coat protein, or the araBAD operon. Prokaryotic expression vectors may further include transcription terminators, such as the aspA terminator, and elements that facilitate translation, such as a consensus ribosome binding site and translation termination codon, Schomer et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83: 8506-8510 (1986).

[0181] Expression control sequences for yeast cells, typically S. cerevisiae, will include a yeast promoter, such as the CYC1 promoter, the GAL1 promoter, the GAL10 promoter, ADH1 promoter, the promoters of the yeast_-mating system, or the GPD promoter, and will typically have elements that facilitate transcription termination, such as the transcription termination signals from the CYC1 or ADH1 gene.

[0182] Expression vectors useful for expressing proteins in mammalian cells will include a promoter active in mammalian cells. These promoters include those derived from mammalian viruses, such as the enhancer-promoter sequences from the immediate early gene of the human cytomegalovirus (CMV), the enhancer-promoter sequences from the Rous sarcoma virus long terminal repeat (RSV LTR), the enhancer-promoter from SV40 or the early and late promoters of adenovirus. Other expression control sequences include the promoter for 3-phosphoglycerate kinase or other glycolytic enzymes, the promoters of acid phosphatase. Other expression control sequences include those from the gene comprising the OSNA of interest. Often, expression is enhanced by incorporation of polyadenylation sites, such as the late SV40 polyadenylation site and the polyadenylation signal and transcription termination sequences from the bovine growth hormone (BGH) gene, and ribosome binding sites. Furthermore, vectors can include introns, such as intron II of rabbit β-globin gene and the SV40 splice elements.

[0183] Preferred nucleic acid vectors also include a selectable or amplifiable marker gene and means for amplifying the copy number of the gene of interest. Such marker genes are well-known in the art. Nucleic acid vectors may also comprise stabilizing sequences (e.g., ori- or ARS-like sequences and telomere-like sequences), or may alternatively be designed to favor directed or non-directed integration into the host cell genome. In a preferred embodiment, nucleic acid sequences of this invention are inserted in frame into an expression vector that allows high level expression of an RNA which encodes a protein comprising the encoded nucleic acid sequence of interest. Nucleic acid cloning and sequencing methods are well-known to those of skill in the art and are described in an assortment of laboratory manuals, including Sambrook (1989), supra, Sambrook (2000), supra; and Ausubel (1992), supra, Ausubel (1999), supra. Product information from manufacturers of biological, chemical and immunological reagents also provide useful information.

[0184] Expression vectors may be either constitutive or inducible. Inducible vectors include either naturally inducible promoters, such as the trc promoter, which is regulated by the lac operon, and the pL promoter, which is regulated by tryptophan, the MMTV-LTR promoter, which is inducible by dexamethasone, or can contain synthetic promoters and/or additional elements that confer inducible control on adjacent promoters. Examples of inducible synthetic promoters are the hybrid Plac/ara-1 promoter and the PLtetO-1 promoter. The PltetO-1 promoter takes advantage of the high expression levels from the PL promoter of phage lambda, but replaces the lambda repressor sites with two copies of operator 2 of the Tn10 tetracycline resistance operon, causing this promoter to be tightly repressed by the Tet repressor protein and induced in response to tetracycline (Tc) and Tc derivatives such as anhydrotetracycline. Vectors may also be inducible because they contain hormone response elements, such as the glucocorticoid response element (GRE) and the estrogen response element (ERE), which can confer hormone inducibility where vectors are used for expression in cells having the respective hormone receptors. To reduce background levels of expression, elements responsive to ecdysone, an insect hormone, can be used instead, with coexpression of the ecdysone receptor.

[0185] In one aspect of the invention, expression vectors can be designed to fuse the expressed polypeptide to small protein tags that facilitate purification and/or visualization. Tags that facilitate purification include a polyhistidine tag that facilitates purification of the fusion protein by immobilized metal affinity chromatography, for example using NiNTA resin (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, Calif., USA) or TALON™ resin (cobalt immobilized affinity chromatography medium, Clontech Labs, Palo Alto, Calif., USA). The fusion protein can include a chitin-binding tag and self-excising intein, permitting chitin-based purification with self-removal of the fused tag (IMPACT™ system, New England Biolabs, Inc., Beverley, Mass., USA). Alternatively, the fusion protein can include a calmodulin-binding peptide tag, permitting purification by calmodulin affinity resin (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., USA), or a specifically excisable fragment of the biotin carboxylase carrier protein, permitting purification of in vivo biotinylated protein using an avidin resin and subsequent tag removal (Promega, Madison, Wis., USA). As another useful alternative, the proteins of the present invention can be expressed as a fusion protein with glutathione-S-transferase, the affinity and specificity of binding to glutathione permitting purification using glutathione affinity resins, such as Glutathione-Superflow Resin (Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif., USA), with subsequent elution with free glutathione. Other tags include, for example, the Xpress epitope, detectable by anti-Xpress antibody (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), a myc tag, detectable by anti-myc tag antibody, the V5 epitope, detectable by anti-V5 antibody (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), FLAG® epitope, detectable by anti-FLAG® antibody (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., USA), and the HA epitope.

[0186] For secretion of expressed proteins, vectors can include appropriate sequences that encode secretion signals, such as leader peptides. For example, the pSecTag2 vectors (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA) are 5.2 kb mammalian expression vectors that carry the secretion signal from the V-J2-C region of the mouse Ig kappa-chain for efficient secretion of recombinant proteins from a variety of mammalian cell lines.

[0187] Expression vectors can also be designed to fuse proteins encoded by the heterologous nucleic acid insert to polypeptides that are larger than purification and/or identification tags. Useful fusion proteins include those that permit display of the encoded protein on the surface of a phage or cell, fusion to intrinsically fluorescent proteins, such as those that have a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like chromophore, fusions to the IgG Fc region, and fusion proteins for use in two hybrid systems.

[0188] Vectors for phage display fuse the encoded polypeptide to, e.g., the gene III protein (pIII) or gene VIII protein (pVIII) for display on the surface of filamentous phage, such as M13. See Barbas et al., Phage Display: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2001); Kay et al. (eds.), Phage Display of Peptides and Proteins: A Laboratory Manual, Academic Press, Inc., (1996); Abelson et al. (eds.), Combinatorial Chemistry (Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 267) Academic Press (1996). Vectors for yeast display, e.g. the pYD1 yeast display vector (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), use the -agglutinin yeast adhesion receptor to display recombinant protein on the surface of S. cerevisiae. Vectors for mammalian display, e.g., the pDisplay™ vector (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), target recombinant proteins using an N-terminal cell surface targeting signal and a C-terminal transmembrane anchoring domain of platelet derived growth factor receptor.

[0189] A wide variety of vectors now exist that fuse proteins encoded by heterologous nucleic acids to the chromophore of the substrate-independent, intrinsically fluorescent green fluorescent protein from Aequorea victoria (“GFP”) and its variants. The GFP-like chromophore can be selected from GFP-like chromophores found in naturally occurring proteins, such as A. victoria GFP (GenBank accession number AAA27721), Renilla reniformis GFP, FP583 (GenBank accession no. AF168419) (DsRed), FP593 (AF272711), FP483 (AF168420), FP484 (AF168424), FP595 (AF246709), FP486 (AF168421), FP538 (AF168423), and FP506 (AF168422), and need include only so much of the native protein as is needed to retain the chromophore's intrinsic fluorescence. Methods for determining the minimal domain required for fluorescence are known in the art. See Li et al., J. Biol. Chem. 272: 28545-28549 (1997). Alternatively, the GFP-like chromophore can be selected from GFP-like chromophores modified from those found in nature. The methods for engineering such modified GFP-like chromophores and testing them for fluorescence activity, both alone and as part of protein fusions, are well-known in the art. See Heim et al., Curr. Biol. 6: 178-182 (1996) and Palm et al., Methods Enzymol. 302: 378-394 (1999), incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. A variety of such modified chromophores are now commercially available and can readily be used in the fusion proteins of the present invention. These include EGFP (“enhanced GFP”), EBFP (“enhanced blue fluorescent protein”), BFP2, EYFP (“enhanced yellow fluorescent protein”), ECFP (“enhanced cyan fluorescent protein”) or Citrine. EGFP (see, e.g, Cormack et al., Gene 173: 33-38 (1996); U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,090,919 and 5,804,387) is found on a variety of vectors, both plasmid and viral, which are available commercially (Clontech Labs, Palo Alto, Calif., USA); EBFP is optimized for expression in mammalian cells whereas BFP2, which retains the original jellyfish codons, can be expressed in bacteria (see, e.g,. Heim et al., Curr. Biol. 6: 178-182 (1996) and Cormack et al., Gene 173: 33-38 (1996)). Vectors containing these blue-shifted variants are available from Clontech Labs (Palo Alto, Calif., USA). Vectors containing EYFP, ECFP (see, e.g., Heim et al., Curr. Biol. 6: 178-182 (1996); Miyawaki et al., Nature 388: 882-887 (1997)) and Citrine (see, e.g., Heikal et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 11996-12001 (2000)) are also available from Clontech Labs. The GFP-like chromophore can also be drawn from other modified GFPs, including those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,124,128; 6,096,865; 6,090,919; 6,066,476; 6,054,321; 6,027,881; 5,968,750; 5,874,304; 5,804,387; 5,777,079; 5,741,668; and 5,625,048, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. See also Conn (ed.), Green Fluorescent Protein (Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 302), Academic Press, Inc. (1999). The GFP-like chromophore of each of these GFP variants can usefully be included in the fusion proteins of the present invention.

[0190] Fusions to the IgG Fc region increase serum half life of protein pharmaceutical products through interaction with the FcRn receptor (also denominated the FcRp receptor and the Brambell receptor, FcRb), further described in International patent application Nos. WO 97/43316, WO 97/34631, WO 96/32478, WO 96/18412.

[0191] For long-term, high-yield recombinant production of the proteins, protein fusions, and protein fragments of the present invention, stable expression is preferred. Stable expression is readily achieved by integration into the host cell genome of vectors having selectable markers, followed by selection of these integrants. Vectors such as pUB6/V5-His A, B, and C (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA) are designed for high-level stable expression of heterologous proteins in a wide range of mammalian tissue types and cell lines. pUB6/V5-His uses the promoter/enhancer sequence from the human ubiquitin C gene to drive expression of recombinant proteins: expression levels in 293, CHO, and NIH3T3 cells are comparable to levels from the CMV and human EF-1a promoters. The bsd gene permits rapid selection of stably transfected mammalian cells with the potent antibiotic blasticidin.

[0192] Replication incompetent retroviral vectors, typically derived from Moloney murine leukemia virus, also are useful for creating stable transfectants having integrated provirus. The highly efficient transduction machinery of retroviruses, coupled with the availability of a variety of packaging cell lines such as RetroPack™ PT 67, EcoPack2™-293, AmphoPack-293, and GP2-293 cell lines (all available from Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif., USA), allow a wide host range to be infected with high efficiency; varying the multiplicity of infection readily adjusts the copy number of the integrated provirus.

[0193] Of course, not all vectors and expression control sequences will function equally well to express the nucleic acid sequences of this invention. Neither will all hosts function equally well with the same expression system. However, one of skill in the art may make a selection among these vectors, expression control sequences and hosts without undue experimentation and without departing from the scope of this invention. For example, in selecting a vector, the host must be considered because the vector must be replicated in it. The vector's copy number, the ability to control that copy number, the ability to control integration, if any, and the expression of any other proteins encoded by the vector, such as antibiotic or other selection markers, should also be considered. The present invention further includes host cells comprising the vectors of the present invention, either present episomally within the cell or integrated, in whole or in part, into the host cell chromosome. Among other considerations, some of which are described above, a host cell strain may be chosen for its ability to process the expressed protein in the desired fashion. Such post-translational modifications of the polypeptide include, but are not limited to, acetylation, carboxylation, glycosylation, phosphorylation, lipidation, and acylation, and it is an aspect of the present invention to provide OSPs with such post-translational modifications.

[0194] Polypeptides of the invention may be post-translationally modified. Post-translational modifications include phosphorylation of amino acid residues serine, threonine and/or tyrosine, N-linked and/or O-linked glycosylation, methylation, acetylation, prenylation, methylation, acetylation, arginylation, ubiquination and racemization. One may determine whether a polypeptide of the invention is likely to be post-translationally modified by analyzing the sequence of the polypeptide to determine if there are peptide motifs indicative of sites for post-translational modification. There are a number of computer programs that permit prediction of post-translational modifications. See, e.g., www.expasy.org (accessed Aug. 31, 2001), which includes PSORT, for prediction of protein sorting signals and localization sites, SignalP, for prediction of signal peptide cleavage sites, MITOPROT and Predotar, for prediction of mitochondrial targeting sequences, NetOGlyc, for prediction of type O-glycosylation sites in mammalian proteins, big-PI Predictor and DGPI, for prediction of prenylation-anchor and cleavage sites, and NetPhos, for prediction of Ser, Thr and Tyr phosphorylation sites in eukaryotic proteins. Other computer programs, such as those included in GCG, also may be used to determine post-translational modification peptide motifs.

[0195] General examples of types of post-translational modifications may be found in web sites such as the Delta Mass database http://www.abrf.org/ABRF/Research Committees/deltamass/deltamass.html (accessed Oct. 19, 2001); “GlycoSuiteDB: a new curated relational database of glycoprotein glycan structures and their biological sources” Cooper et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 29; 332-335 (2001) and http://www.glycosuite.com/ (accessed Oct. 19, 2001); “O-GLYCBASE version 4.0: a revised database of O-glycosylated proteins” Gupta et al. Nucleic Acids Research, 27: 370-372 (1999) and http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/databases/OGLYCBASE/(accessed Oct. 19, 2001); “PhosphoBase, a database of phosphorylation sites: release 2.0.”, Kreegipuu et al. Nucleic Acids Res 27(1):237-239 (1999) and http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/databases/PhosphoBase/ (accessed Oct. 19, 2001); or http://pir.georgetown.edu/pirwww/search/textresid.html (accessed Oct. 19, 2001).

[0196] Tumorigenesis is often accompanied by alterations in the post-translational modifications of proteins. Thus, in another embodiment, the invention provides polypeptides from cancerous cells or tissues that have altered post-translational modifications compared to the post-translational modifications of polypeptides from normal cells or tissues. A number of altered post-translational modifications are known. One common alteration is a change in phosphorylation state, wherein the polypeptide from the cancerous cell or tissue is hyperphosphorylated or hypophosphorylated compared to the polypeptide from a normal tissue, or wherein the polypeptide is phosphorylated on different residues than the polypeptide from a normal cell. Another common alteration is a change in glycosylation state, wherein the polypeptide from the cancerous cell or tissue has more or less glycosylation than the polypeptide from a normal tissue, and/or wherein the polypeptide from the cancerous cell or tissue has a different type of glycosylation than the polypeptide from a noncancerous cell or tissue. Changes in glycosylation may be critical because carbohydrate-protein and carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions are important in cancer cell progression, dissemination and invasion. See, e.g., Barchi, Curr. Pharm. Des. 6: 485-501 (2000), Verma, Cancer Biochem. Biophys. 14: 151-162 (1994) and Dennis et al., Bioessays 5: 412-421 (1999).

[0197] Another post-translational modification that may be altered in cancer cells is prenylation. Prenylation is the covalent attachment of a hydrophobic prenyl group (either farnesyl or geranylgeranyl) to a polypeptide. Prenylation is required for localizing a protein to a cell membrane and is often required for polypeptide function. For instance, the Ras superfamily of GTPase signaling proteins must be prenylated for function in a cell. See, e.g., Prendergast et al., Semin. Cancer Biol. 10: 443-452 (2000) and Khwaja et al., Lancet 355: 741-744 (2000).

[0198] Other post-translation modifications that may be altered in cancer cells include, without limitation, polypeptide methylation, acetylation, arginylation or racemization of amino acid residues. In these cases, the polypeptide from the cancerous cell may exhibit either increased or decreased amounts of the post-translational modification compared to the corresponding polypeptides from noncancerous cells.

[0199] Other polypeptide alterations in cancer cells include abnormal polypeptide cleavage of proteins and aberrant protein-protein interactions. Abnormal polypeptide cleavage may be cleavage of a polypeptide in a cancerous cell that does not usually occur in a normal cell, or a lack of cleavage in a cancerous cell, wherein the polypeptide is cleaved in a normal cell. Aberrant protein-protein interactions may be either covalent cross-linking or non-covalent binding between proteins that do not normally bind to each other. Alternatively, in a cancerous cell, a protein may fail to bind to another protein to which it is bound in a noncancerous cell. Alterations in cleavage or in protein-protein interactions may be due to over- or underproduction of a polypeptide in a cancerous cell compared to that in a normal cell, or may be due to alterations in post-translational modifications (see above) of one or more proteins in the cancerous cell. See, e.g., Henschen-Edman, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 936: 580-593 (2001).

[0200] Alterations in polypeptide post-translational modifications, as well as changes in polypeptide cleavage and protein-protein interactions, may be determined by any method known in the art. For instance, alterations in phosphorylation may be determined by using anti-phosphoserine, anti-phosphothreonine or anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies or by amino acid analysis. Glycosylation alterations may be determined using antibodies specific for different sugar residues, by carbohydrate sequencing, or by alterations in the size of the glycoprotein, which can be determined by, e.g., SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Other alterations of post-translational modifications, such as prenylation, racemization, methylation, acetylation and arginylation, may be determined by chemical analysis, protein sequencing, amino acid analysis, or by using antibodies specific for the particular post-translational modifications. Changes in protein-protein interactions and in polypeptide cleavage may be analyzed by any method known in the art including, without limitation, non-denaturing PAGE (for non-covalent protein-protein interactions), SDS PAGE (for covalent protein-protein interactions and protein cleavage), chemical cleavage, protein sequencing or immunoassays.

[0201] In another embodiment, the invention provides polypeptides that have been post-translationally modified. In one embodiment, polypeptides may be modified enzymatically or chemically, by addition or removal of a post-translational modification. For example, a polypeptide may be glycosylated or deglycosylated enzymatically. Similarly, polypeptides may be phosphorylated using a purified kinase, such as a MAP kinase (e.g, p38, ERK, or JNK) or a tyrosine kinase (e.g., Src or erbB2). A polypeptide may also be modified through synthetic chemistry. Alternatively, one may isolate the polypeptide of interest from a cell or tissue that expresses the polypeptide with the desired post-translational modification. In another embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide of interest is introduced into a host cell that is capable of post-translationally modifying the encoded polypeptide in the desired fashion. If the polypeptide does not contain a motif for a desired post-translational modification, one may alter the post-translational modification by mutating the nucleic acid sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide so that it contains a site for the desired post-translational modification. Amino acid sequences that may be post-translationally modified are known in the art. See, e.g., the programs described above on the website www.expasy.org. The nucleic acid molecule is then be introduced into a host cell that is capable of post-translationally modifying the encoded polypeptide. Similarly, one may delete sites that are post-translationally modified by either mutating the nucleic acid sequence so that the encoded polypeptide does not contain the post-translational modification motif, or by introducing the native nucleic acid molecule into a host cell that is not capable of post-translationally modifying the encoded polypeptide.

[0202] In selecting an expression control sequence, a variety of factors should also be considered. These include, for example, the relative strength of the sequence, its controllability, and its compatibility with the nucleic acid sequence of this invention, particularly with regard to potential secondary structures. Unicellular hosts should be selected by consideration of their compatibility with the chosen vector, the toxicity of the product coded for by the nucleic acid sequences of this invention, their secretion characteristics, their ability to fold the polypeptide correctly, their fermentation or culture requirements, and the ease of purification from them of the products coded for by the nucleic acid sequences of this invention.

[0203] The recombinant nucleic acid molecules and more particularly, the expression vectors of this invention may be used to express the polypeptides of this invention as recombinant polypeptides in a heterologous host cell. The polypeptides of this invention may be full-length or less than full-length polypeptide fragments recombinantly expressed from the nucleic acid sequences according to this invention. Such polypeptides include analogs, derivatives and muteins that may or may not have biological activity.

[0204] Vectors of the present invention will also often include elements that permit in vitro transcription of RNA from the inserted heterologous nucleic acid. Such vectors typically include a phage promoter, such as that from T7, T3, or SP6, flanking the nucleic acid insert. Often two different such promoters flank the inserted nucleic acid, permitting separate in vitro production of both sense and antisense strands.

[0205] Transformation and other methods of introducing nucleic acids into a host cell (e.g., conjugation, protoplast transformation or fusion, transfection, electroporation, liposome delivery, membrane fusion techniques, high velocity DNA-coated pellets, viral infection and protoplast fusion) can be accomplished by a variety of methods which are well-known in the art (See, for instance, Ausubel, supra, and Sambrook et al., supra). Bacterial, yeast, plant or mammalian cells are transformed or transfected with an expression vector, such as a plasmid, a cosmid, or the like, wherein the expression vector comprises the nucleic acid of interest. Alternatively, the cells may be infected by a viral expression vector comprising the nucleic acid of interest. Depending upon the host cell, vector, and method of transformation used, transient or stable expression of the polypeptide will be constitutive or inducible. One having ordinary skill in the art will be able to decide whether to express a polypeptide transiently or stably, and whether to express the protein constitutively or inducibly.

[0206] A wide variety of unicellular host cells are useful in expressing the DNA sequences of this invention. These hosts may include well-known eukaryotic and prokaryotic hosts, such as strains of, fungi, yeast, insect cells such as Spodoptera frugiperda (SF9), animal cells such as CHO, as well as plant cells in tissue culture. Representative examples of appropriate host cells include, but are not limited to, bacterial cells, such as E. coli, Caulobacter crescentus, Streptomyces species, and Salmonella typhimurium; yeast cells, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Pichia pastoris, Pichia methanolica; insect cell lines, such as those from Spodoptera frugiperda, e.g., Sf9 and Sf21 cell lines, and expresSF™ cells (Protein Sciences Corp., Meriden, Conn., USA), Drosophila S2 cells, and Trichoplusia ni High Five® Cells (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA); and mammalian cells. Typical mammalian cells include BHK cells, BSC 1 cells, BSC 40 cells, BMT 10 cells, VERO cells, COS1 cells, COS7 cells, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, 3T3 cells, NIH 3T3 cells, 293 cells, HEPG2 cells, HeLa cells, L cells, MDCK cells, HEK293 cells, WI38 cells, murine ES cell lines (e.g., from strains 129/SV, C57/BL6, DBA-1, 129/SVJ), K562 cells, Jurkat cells, and BW5147 cells. Other mammalian cell lines are well-known and readily available from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) (Manassas, Va., USA) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Human Genetic Cell Repository at the Coriell Cell Repositories (Camden, N.J., USA). Cells or cell lines derived from ovary are particularly preferred because they may provide a more native post-translational processing. Particularly preferred are human ovary cells.

[0207] Particular details of the transfection, expression and purification of recombinant proteins are well documented and are understood by those of skill in the art. Further details on the various technical aspects of each of the steps used in recombinant production of foreign genes in bacterial cell expression systems can be found in a number of texts and laboratory manuals in the art. See, e.g., Ausubel (1992), supra, Ausubel (1999), supra, Sambrook (1989), supra, and Sambrook (2001), supra, herein incorporated by reference.

[0208] Methods for introducing the vectors and nucleic acids of the present invention into the host cells are well-known in the art; the choice of technique will depend primarily upon the specific vector to be introduced and the host cell chosen.

[0209] Nucleic acid molecules and vectors may be introduced into prokaryotes, such as E. coli, in a number of ways. For instance, phage lambda vectors will typically be packaged using a packaging extract (e.g., Gigapack® packaging extract, Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., USA), and the packaged virus used to infect E. coli.

[0210] Plasmid vectors will typically be introduced into chemically competent or electrocompetent bacterial cells. E. coli cells can be rendered chemically competent by treatment, e.g., with CaCl₂, or a solution of Mg²⁺, Mn²⁺, Ca²⁺, Rb⁺ or K⁺, dimethyl sulfoxide, dithiothreitol, and hexamine cobalt (III), Hanahan, J. Mol. Biol. 166(4):557-80 (1983), and vectors introduced by heat shock. A wide variety of chemically competent strains are also available commercially (e.g., Epicurian Coli® XL10-Gold® Ultracompetent Cells (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., USA); DH5 competent cells (Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif., USA); and TOP10 Chemically Competent E. coli Kit (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA)). Bacterial cells can be rendered electrocompetent, that is, competent to take up exogenous DNA by electroporation, by various pre-pulse treatments; vectors are introduced by electroporation followed by subsequent outgrowth in selected media. An extensive series of protocols is provided online in Electroprotocols (BioRad, Richmond, Calif., USA) (http://www.biorad.com/LifeScience/pdf/New_Gene_Pulser.pdf).

[0211] Vectors can be introduced into yeast cells by spheroplasting, treatment with lithium salts, electroporation, or protoplast fusion. Spheroplasts are prepared by the action of hydrolytic enzymes such as snail-gut extract, usually denoted Glusulase, or Zymolyase, an enzyme from Arthrobacter luteus, to remove portions of the cell wall in the presence of osmotic stabilizers, typically 1 M sorbitol. DNA is added to the spheroplasts, and the mixture is co-precipitated with a solution of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and Ca²⁺. Subsequently, the cells are resuspended in a solution of sorbitol, mixed with molten agar and then layered on the surface of a selective plate containing sorbitol.

[0212] For lithium-mediated transformation, yeast cells are treated with lithium acetate, which apparently permeabilizes the cell wall, DNA is added and the cells are co-precipitated with PEG. The cells are exposed to a brief heat shock, washed free of PEG and lithium acetate, and subsequently spread on plates containing ordinary selective medium. Increased frequencies of transformation are obtained by using specially-prepared single-stranded carrier DNA and certain organic solvents. Schiestl et al., Curr. Genet. 16(5-6): 339-46 (1989).

[0213] For electroporation, freshly-grown yeast cultures are typically washed, suspended in an osmotic protectant, such as sorbitol, mixed with DNA, and the cell suspension pulsed in an electroporation device. Subsequently, the cells are spread on the surface of plates containing selective media. Becker et al., Methods Enzymol. 194: 182-187 (1991). The efficiency of transformation by electroporation can be increased over 100-fold by using PEG, single-stranded carrier DNA and cells that are in late log-phase of growth. Larger constructs, such as YACs, can be introduced by protoplast fusion.

[0214] Mammalian and insect cells can be directly infected by packaged viral vectors, or transfected by chemical or electrical means. For chemical transfection, DNA can be coprecipitated with CaPO₄ or introduced using liposomal and nonliposomal lipid-based agents. Commercial kits are available for CaPO₄ transfection (CalPhos™ Mammalian Transfection Kit, Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif., USA), and lipid-mediated transfection can be practiced using commercial reagents, such as LIPOFECTAMINE™ 2000, LIPOFECTAMINE™ Reagent, CELLFECTIN® Reagent, and LIPOFECTIN® Reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), DOTAP Liposomal Transfection Reagent, FuGENE 6, X-tremeGENE Q2, DOSPER, (Roche Molecular Biochemicals, Indianapolis, Ind. USA), Effectene™, PolyFect®, Superfect® (Qiagen, Inc., Valencia, Calif., USA). Protocols for electroporating mammalian cells can be found online in Electroprotocols (Bio-Rad, Richmond, Calif., USA) (http://www.bio-rad.com/LifeScience/pdf/New_Gene_Pulser.pdf); Norton et al. (eds.), Gene Transfer Methods: Introducing DNA into Living Cells and Organisms, BioTechniques Books, Eaton Publishing Co. (2000); incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Other transfection techniques include transfection by particle bombardment and microinjection. See, e.g., Cheng et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90(10): 4455-9 (1993); Yang et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87(24): 9568-72 (1990).

[0215] Production of the recombinantly produced proteins of the present invention can optionally be followed by purification.

[0216] Purification of recombinantly expressed proteins is now well by those skilled in the art. See, e.g., Thomer et al. (eds.), Applications of Chimeric Genes and Hybrid Proteins, Part A: Gene Expression and Protein Purification (Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 326), Academic Press (2000); Harbin (ed.), Cloning, Gene Expression and Protein Purification: Experimental Procedures and Process Rationale, Oxford Univ. Press (2001); Marshak et al., Strategies for Protein Purification and Characterization: A Laboratory Course Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1996); and Roe (ed.), Protein Purification Applications, Oxford University Press (2001); the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties, and thus need not be detailed here.

[0217] Briefly, however, if purification tags have been fused through use of an expression vector that appends such tags, purification can be effected, at least in part, by means appropriate to the tag, such as use of immobilized metal affinity chromatography for polyhistidine tags. Other techniques common in the art include ammonium sulfate fractionation, immunoprecipitation, fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and preparative gel electrophoresis.

[0218] Polypeptides

[0219] Another object of the invention is to provide polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid molecules of the instant invention. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is an ovary specific polypeptide (OSP). In an even more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is derived from a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. A polypeptide as defined herein may be produced recombinantly, as discussed supra, may be isolated from a cell that naturally expresses the protein, or may be chemically synthesized following the teachings of the specification and using methods well-known to those having ordinary skill in the art.

[0220] In another aspect, the polypeptide may comprise a fragment of a polypeptide, wherein the fragment is as defined herein. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide fragment is a fragment of an OSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the fragment is derived from a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. A polypeptide that comprises only a fragment of an entire OSP may or may not be a polypeptide that is also an OSP. For instance, a full-length polypeptide may be ovary-specific, while a fragment thereof may be found in other tissues as well as in ovary. A polypeptide that is not an OSP, whether it is a fragment, analog, mutein, homologous protein or derivative, is nevertheless useful, especially for immunizing animals to prepare anti-OSP antibodies. However, in a preferred embodiment, the part or fragment is an OSP. Methods of determining whether a polypeptide is an OSP are described infra.

[0221] Fragments of at least 6 contiguous amino acids are useful in mapping B cell and T cell epitopes of the reference protein. See, e.g., Geysen et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81: 3998-4002 (1984) and U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,708,871 and 5,595,915, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Because the fragment need not itself be immunogenic, part of an immunodominant epitope, nor even recognized by native antibody, to be useful in such epitope mapping, all fragments of at least 6 amino acids of the proteins of the present invention have utility in such a study.

[0222] Fragments of at least 8 contiguous amino acids, often at least 15 contiguous amino acids, are useful as immunogens for raising antibodies that recognize the proteins of the present invention. See, e.g., Lerner, Nature 299: 592-596 (1982); Shinnick et al., Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 37: 425-46 (1983); Sutcliffe et al., Science 219: 660-6 (1983), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. As further described in the above-cited references, virtually all 8-mers, conjugated to a carrier, such as a protein, prove immunogenic, meaning that they are capable of eliciting antibody for the conjugated peptide; accordingly, all fragments of at least 8 amino acids of the proteins of the present invention have utility as immunogens.

[0223] Fragments of at least 8, 9, 10 or 12 contiguous amino acids are also useful as competitive inhibitors of binding of the entire protein, or a portion thereof, to antibodies (as in epitope mapping), and to natural binding partners, such as subunits in a multimeric complex or to receptors or ligands of the subject protein; this competitive inhibition permits identification and separation of molecules that bind specifically to the protein of interest, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,539,084 and 5,783,674, incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0224] The protein, or protein fragment, of the present invention is thus at least 6 amino acids in length, typically at least 8, 9, 10 or 12 amino acids in length, and often at least 15 amino acids in length. Often, the protein of the present invention, or fragment thereof, is at least 20 amino acids in length, even 25 amino acids, 30 amino acids, 35 amino acids, or 50 amino acids or more in length. Of course, larger fragments having at least 75 amino acids, 100 amino acids, or even 150 amino acids are also useful, and at times preferred.

[0225] One having ordinary skill in the art can produce fragments of a polypeptide by truncating the nucleic acid molecule, e.g., an OSNA, encoding the polypeptide and then expressing it recombinantly. Alternatively, one can produce a fragment by chemically synthesizing a portion of the full-length polypeptide. One may also produce a fragment by enzymatically cleaving either a recombinant polypeptide or an isolated naturally-occurring polypeptide. Methods of producing polypeptide fragments are well-known in the art. See, e.g., Sambrook (1989), supra; Sambrook (2001), supra; Ausubel (1992), supra; and Ausubel (1999), supra. In one embodiment, a polypeptide comprising only a fragment of polypeptide of the invention, preferably an OSP, may be produced by chemical or enzymatic cleavage of a polypeptide. In a preferred embodiment, a polypeptide fragment is produced by expressing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fragment of the polypeptide, preferably an OSP, in a host cell.

[0226] By “polypeptides” as used herein it is also meant to be inclusive of mutants, fusion proteins, homologous proteins and allelic variants of the polypeptides specifically exemplified.

[0227] A mutant protein, or mutein, may have the same or different properties compared to a naturally-occurring polypeptide and comprises at least one amino acid insertion, duplication, deletion, rearrangement or substitution compared to the amino acid sequence of a native protein. Small deletions and insertions can often be found that do not alter the function of the protein. In one embodiment, the mutein may or may not be ovary-specific. In a preferred embodiment, the mutein is ovary-specific. In a preferred embodiment, the mutein is a polypeptide that comprises at least one amino acid insertion, duplication, deletion, rearrangement or substitution compared to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In a more preferred embodiment, the mutein is one that exhibits at least 50% sequence identity, more preferably at least 60% sequence identity, even more preferably at least 70%, yet more preferably at least 80% sequence identity to an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In yet a more preferred embodiment, the mutein exhibits at least 85%, more preferably 90%, even more preferably 95% or 96%, and yet more preferably at least 97%, 98%, 99% or 99.5% sequence identity to an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228.

[0228] A mutein may be produced by isolation from a naturally-occurring mutant cell, tissue or organism. A mutein may be produced by isolation from a cell, tissue or organism that has been experimentally mutagenized. Alternatively, a mutein may be produced by chemical manipulation of a polypeptide, such as by altering the amino acid residue to another amino acid residue using synthetic or semi-synthetic chemical techniques. In a preferred embodiment, a mutein may be produced from a host cell comprising an altered nucleic acid molecule compared to the naturally-occurring nucleic acid molecule. For instance, one may produce a mutein of a polypeptide by introducing one or more mutations into a nucleic acid sequence of the invention and then expressing it recombinantly. These mutations may be targeted, in which particular encoded amino acids are altered, or may be untargeted, in which random encoded amino acids within the polypeptide are altered. Muteins with random amino acid alterations can be screened for a particular biological activity or property, particularly whether the polypeptide is ovary-specific, as described below. Multiple random mutations can be introduced into the gene by methods well-known to the art, e.g., by error-prone PCR, shuffling, oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis, assembly PCR, sexual PCR mutagenesis, in vivo mutagenesis, cassette mutagenesis, recursive ensemble mutagenesis, exponential ensemble mutagenesis and site-specific mutagenesis. Methods of producing muteins with targeted or random amino acid alterations are well-known in the art. See, e.g., Sambrook (1989), supra; Sambrook (2001), supra; Ausubel (1992), supra; and Ausubel (1999), U.S. Pat. No. 5,223,408, and the references discussed supra, each herein incorporated by reference.

[0229] By “polypeptide” as used herein it is also meant to be inclusive of polypeptides homologous to those polypeptides exemplified herein. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is homologous to an OSP. In an even more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is homologous to an OSP selected from the group having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In a preferred embodiment, the homologous polypeptide is one that exhibits significant sequence identity to an OSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is one that exhibits significant sequence identity to an comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In an even more preferred embodiment, the homologous polypeptide is one that exhibits at least 50% sequence identity, more preferably at least 60% sequence identity, even more preferably at least 70%, yet more preferably at least 80% sequence identity to an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In a yet more preferred embodiment, the homologous polypeptide is one that exhibits at least 85%, more preferably 90%, even more preferably 95% or 96%, and yet more preferably at least 97% or 98% sequence identity to an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In another preferred embodiment, the homologous polypeptide is one that exhibits at least 99%, more preferably 99.5%, even more preferably 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8% or 99.9% sequence identity to an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In a preferred embodiment, the amino acid substitutions are conservative amino acid substitutions as discussed above.

[0230] In another embodiment, the homologous polypeptide is one that is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to an OSNA. In a preferred embodiment, the homologous polypeptide is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes to an OSNA under low stringency, moderate stringency or high stringency conditions, as defined herein. In a more preferred embodiment, the OSNA is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118. In another preferred embodiment, the homologous polypeptide is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes an OSP under low stringency, moderate stringency or high stringency conditions, as defined herein. In a more preferred embodiment, the OSP is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228.

[0231] The homologous polypeptide may be a naturally-occurring one that is derived from another species, especially one derived from another primate, such as chimpanzee, gorilla, rhesus macaque, baboon or gorilla, wherein the homologous polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that exhibits significant sequence identity to that of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. The homologous polypeptide may also be a naturally-occurring polypeptide from a human, when the OSP is a member of a family of polypeptides. The homologous polypeptide may also be a naturally-occurring polypeptide derived from a non-primate, mammalian species, including without limitation, domesticated species, e.g., dog, cat, mouse, rat, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, cow, horse, goat or pig. The homologous polypeptide may also be a naturally-occurring polypeptide derived from a non-mammalian species, such as birds or reptiles. The naturally-occurring homologous protein may be isolated directly from humans or other species. Alternatively, the nucleic acid molecule encoding the naturally-occurring homologous polypeptide may be isolated and used to express the homologous polypeptide recombinantly. In another embodiment, the homologous polypeptide may be one that is experimentally produced by random mutation of a nucleic acid molecule and subsequent expression of the nucleic acid molecule. In another embodiment, the homologous polypeptide may be one that is experimentally produced by directed mutation of one or more codons to alter the encoded amino acid of an OSP. Further, the homologous protein may or may not encode polypeptide that is an OSP. However, in a preferred embodiment, the homologous polypeptide encodes a polypeptide that is an OSP.

[0232] Relatedness of proteins can also be characterized using a second functional test, the ability of a first protein competitively to inhibit the binding of a second protein to an antibody. It is, therefore, another aspect of the present invention to provide isolated proteins not only identical in sequence to those described with particularity herein, but also to provide isolated proteins (“cross-reactive proteins”) that competitively inhibit the binding of antibodies to all or to a portion of various of the isolated polypeptides of the present invention. Such competitive inhibition can readily be determined using immunoassays well-known in the art.

[0233] As discussed above, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) occur frequently in eukaryotic genomes, and the sequence determined from one individual of a species may differ from other allelic forms present within the population. Thus, by “polypeptide” as used herein it is also meant to be inclusive of polypeptides encoded by an allelic variant of a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is encoded by an allelic variant of a gene that encodes a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In a yet more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is encoded by an allelic variant of a gene that has the nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118.

[0234] In another embodiment, the invention provides polypeptides which comprise derivatives of a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid molecule according to the instant invention. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is an OSP. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide has an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or is a mutein, allelic variant, homologous protein or fragment thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the derivative has been acetylated, carboxylated, phosphorylated, glycosylated or ubiquitinated. In another preferred embodiment, the derivative has been labeled with, e.g., radioactive isotopes such as ¹²⁵I, ³²P, ³⁵S, and ³H. In another preferred embodiment, the derivative has been labeled with fluorophores, chemiluminescent agents, enzymes, and antiligands that can serve as specific binding pair members for a labeled ligand.

[0235] Polypeptide modifications are well-known to those of skill and have been described in great detail in the scientific literature. Several particularly common modifications, glycosylation, lipid attachment, sulfation, gamma-carboxylation of glutamic acid residues, hydroxylation and ADP-ribosylation, for instance, are described in most basic texts, such as, for instance Creighton, Protein Structure and Molecular Properties, 2nd ed., W. H. Freeman and Company (1993). Many detailed reviews are available on this subject, such as, for example, those provided by Wold, in Johnson (ed.), Posttranslational Covalent Modification of Proteins, pgs. 1-12, Academic Press (1983); Seifter et al., Meth. Enzymol. 182: 626-646 (1990) and Rattan et al., Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 663: 48-62 (1992).

[0236] It will be appreciated, as is well-known and as noted above, that polypeptides are not always entirely linear. For instance, polypeptides may be branched as a result of ubiquitination, and they may be circular, with or without branching, generally as a result of posttranslation events, including natural processing event and events brought about by human manipulation which do not occur naturally. Circular, branched and branched circular polypeptides may be synthesized by non-translation natural process and by entirely synthetic methods, as well. Modifications can occur anywhere in a polypeptide, including the peptide backbone, the amino acid side-chains and the amino or carboxyl termini. In fact, blockage of the amino or carboxyl group in a polypeptide, or both, by a covalent modification, is common in naturally occurring and synthetic polypeptides and such modifications may be present in polypeptides of the present invention, as well. For instance, the amino terminal residue of polypeptides made in E. coli, prior to proteolytic processing, almost invariably will be N-formylmethionine.

[0237] Useful post-synthetic (and post-translational) modifications include conjugation to detectable labels, such as fluorophores. A wide variety of amine-reactive and thiol-reactive fluorophore derivatives have been synthesized that react under nondenaturing conditions with N-terminal amino groups and epsilon amino groups of lysine residues, on the one hand, and with free thiol groups of cysteine residues, on the other.

[0238] Kits are available commercially that permit conjugation of proteins to a variety of amine-reactive or thiol-reactive fluorophores: Molecular Probes, Inc. (Eugene, Oreg., USA), e.g., offers kits for conjugating proteins to Alexa Fluor 350, Alexa Fluor 430, Fluorescein-EX, Alexa Fluor 488, Oregon Green 488, Alexa Fluor 532, Alexa Fluor 546, Alexa Fluor 546, Alexa Fluor 568, Alexa Fluor 594, and Texas Red-X.

[0239] A wide variety of other amine-reactive and thiol-reactive fluorophores are available commercially (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA), including Alexa Fluor® 350, Alexa Fluor® 488, Alexa Fluor® 532, Alexa Fluor® 546, Alexa Fluor® 568, Alexa Fluor® 594, Alexa Fluor® 647 (monoclonal antibody labeling kits available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA), BODIPY dyes, such as BODIPY 493/503, BODIPY FL, BODIPY R6G, BODIPY 530/550, BODIPY TMR, BODIPY 558/568, BODIPY 558/568, BODIPY 564/570, BODIPY 576/589, BODIPY 581/591, BODIPY TR, BODIPY 630/650, BODIPY 650/665, Cascade Blue, Cascade Yellow, Dansyl, lissamine rhodamine B, Marina Blue, Oregon Green 488, Oregon Green 514, Pacific Blue, rhodamine 6G, rhodamine green, rhodamine red, tetramethylrhodamine, Texas Red (available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA).

[0240] The polypeptides of the present invention can also be conjugated to fluorophores, other proteins, and other macromolecules, using bifunctional linking reagents. Common homobifunctional reagents include, e.g., APG, AEDP, BASED, BMB, BMDB, BMH, BMOE, BM[PEO]3, BM[PEO]4, BS3, BSOCOES, DFDNB, DMA, DMP, DMS, DPDPB, DSG, DSP (Lomant's Reagent), DSS, DST, DTBP, DTME, DTSSP, EGS, HBVS, Sulfo-BSOCOES, Sulfo-DST, Sulfo-EGS (all available from Pierce, Rockford, Ill., USA); common heterobifunctional cross-linkers include ABH, AMAS, ANB-NOS, APDP, ASBA, BMPA, BMPH, BMPS, EDC, EMCA, EMCH, EMCS, KMUA, KMUH, GMBS, LC-SMCC, LC-SPDP, MBS, M2C2H, MPBH, MSA, NHS-ASA, PDPH, PMPI, SADP, SAED, SAND, SANPAH, SASD, SATP, SBAP, SFAD, SIA, SIAB, SMCC, SMPB, SMPH, SMPT, SPDP, Sulfo-EMCS, Sulfo-GMBS, Sulfo-HSAB, Sulfo-KMUS, Sulfo-LC-SPDP, Sulfo-MBS, Sulfo-NHS-LC-ASA, Sulfo-SADP, Sulfo-SANPAH, Sulfo-SIAB, Sulfo-SMCC, Sulfo-SMPB, Sulfo-LC-SMPT, SVSB, TFCS (all available Pierce, Rockford, Ill., USA).

[0241] The polypeptides, fragments, and fusion proteins of the present invention can be conjugated, using such cross-linking reagents, to fluorophores that are not amine- or thiol-reactive. Other labels that usefully can be conjugated to the polypeptides, fragments, and fusion proteins of the present invention include radioactive labels, echosonographic contrast reagents, and MRI contrast agents.

[0242] The polypeptides, fragments, and fusion proteins of the present invention can also usefully be conjugated using cross-linking agents to carrier proteins, such as KLH, bovine thyroglobulin, and even bovine serum albumin (BSA), to increase immunogenicity for raising anti-OSP antibodies.

[0243] The polypeptides, fragments, and fusion proteins of the present invention can also usefully be conjugated to polyethylene glycol (PEG); PEGylation increases the serum half-life of proteins administered intravenously for replacement therapy. Delgado et al., Crit. Rev. Ther. Drug Carrier Syst. 9(3-4): 249-304 (1992); Scott et al., Curr. Pharm. Des. 4(6): 423-38 (1998); DeSantis et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 10(4): 324-30 (1999), incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. PEG monomers can be attached to the protein directly or through a linker, with PEGylation using PEG monomers activated with tresyl chloride (2,2,2-trifluoroethanesulphonyl chloride) permitting direct attachment under mild conditions.

[0244] In yet another embodiment, the invention provides analogs of a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid molecule according to the instant invention. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is an OSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the analog is derived from a polypeptide having part or all of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228. In a preferred embodiment, the analog is one that comprises one or more substitutions of non-natural amino acids or non-native inter-residue bonds compared to the naturally-occurring polypeptide. In general, the non-peptide analog is structurally similar to an OSP, but one or more peptide linkages is replaced by a linkage selected from the group consisting of —CH₂NH—, —CH₂S—, —CH₂—CH₂—, —CH═CH-(cis and trans), —COCH₂—, —CH(OH)CH₂— and —CH₂SO—. In another embodiment, the non-peptide analog comprises substitution of one or more amino acids of an OSP with a D-amino acid of the same type or other non-natural amino acid in order to generate more stable peptides. D-amino acids can readily be incorporated during chemical peptide synthesis: peptides assembled from D-amino acids are more resistant to proteolytic attack; incorporation of D-amino acids can also be used to confer specific three-dimensional conformations on the peptide. Other amino acid analogues commonly added during chemical synthesis include ornithine, norleucine, phosphorylated amino acids (typically phosphoserine, phosphothreonine, phosphotyrosine), L-malonyltyrosine, a non-hydrolyzable analog of phosphotyrosine (see, e.g., Kole et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 209: 817-821(1995)), and various halogenated phenylalanine derivatives.

[0245] Non-natural amino acids can be incorporated during solid phase chemical synthesis or by recombinant techniques, although the former is typically more common. Solid phase chemical synthesis of peptides is well established in the art. Procedures are described, inter alia, in Chan et al. (eds.), Fmoc Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series), Oxford Univ. Press (March 2000); Jones, Amino Acid and Peptide Synthesis (Oxford Chemistry Primers, No 7), Oxford Univ. Press (1992); and Bodanszky, Principles of Peptide Synthesis (Springer Laboratory), Springer Verlag (1993); the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0246] Amino acid analogues having detectable labels are also usefully incorporated during synthesis to provide derivatives and analogs. Biotin, for example can be added using biotinoyl-(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)-L-lysine (FMOC biocytin) (Molecular Probes, Eugene, Oreg., USA). Biotin can also be added enzymatically by incorporation into a fusion protein of a E. coli BirA substrate peptide. The FMOC and tBOC derivatives of dabcyl-L-lysine (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA) can be used to incorporate the dabcyl chromophore at selected sites in the peptide sequence during synthesis. The aminonaphthalene derivative EDANS, the most common fluorophore for pairing with the dabcyl quencher in fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) systems, can be introduced during automated synthesis of peptides by using EDANS-FMOC-L-glutamic acid or the corresponding tBOC derivative (both from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA). Tetramethylrhodamine fluorophores can be incorporated during automated FMOC synthesis of peptides using (FMOC)-TMR-L-lysine (Molecular Probes, Inc. Eugene, Oreg., USA).

[0247] Other useful amino acid analogues that can be incorporated during chemical synthesis include aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, and tyrosine analogues having allyl side-chain protection (Applied Biosystems, Inc., Foster City, Calif., USA); the allyl side chain permits synthesis of cyclic, branched-chain, sulfonated, glycosylated, and phosphorylated peptides.

[0248] A large number of other FMOC-protected non-natural amino acid analogues capable of incorporation during chemical synthesis are available commercially, including, e.g., Fmoc-2-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-3-endo-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-endo-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-3-exo-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-exo-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-3-endo-amino-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-endo-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-3-exo-amino-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-exo-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-cis-2-amino-1-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-trans-2-amino-1-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-1-amino-1-cyclopentanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-cis-2-amino-1-cyclopentanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-D-2-amino-4-(ethylthio)butyric acid, Fmoc-L-2-amino-4-(ethylthio)butyric acid, Fmoc-L-buthionine, Fmoc-S-methyl-L-Cysteine, Fmoc-2-aminobenzoic acid (anthranillic acid), Fmoc-3-aminobenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-aminobenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-aminobenzophenone-2′-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-N-(4-aminobenzoyl)-β-alanine, Fmoc-2-amino-4,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-aminohippuric acid, Fmoc-2-amino-3-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-amino-3-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-5-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-3-methoxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-amino-3-methoxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-3-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-5-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-6-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-3-amino-2-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-3-amino-4-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-amino-3-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-3-amino-2-naphtoic acid, Fmoc-D,L-3-amino-3-phenylpropionic acid, Fmoc-L-Methyldopa, Fmoc-2-amino-4,6-dimethyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-D,L-amino-2-thiophenacetic acid, Fmoc-4-(carboxymethyl)piperazine, Fmoc-4-carboxypiperazine, Fmoc-4-(carboxymethyl)homopiperazine, Fmoc-4-phenyl-4-piperidinecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-L-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronorharman-3-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-L-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid, all available from The Peptide Laboratory (Richmond, Calif., USA).

[0249] Non-natural residues can also be added biosynthetically by engineering a suppressor tRNA, typically one that recognizes the UAG stop codon, by chemical aminoacylation with the desired unnatural amino acid. Conventional site-directed mutagenesis is used to introduce the chosen stop codon UAG at the site of interest in the protein gene. When the acylated suppressor tRNA and the mutant gene are combined in an in vitro transcription/translation system, the unnatural amino acid is incorporated in response to the UAG codon to give a protein containing that amino acid at the specified position. Liu et al., Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 96(9): 4780-5 (1999); Wang et al., Science 292(5516): 498-500 (2001).

[0250] Fusion Proteins The present invention further provides fusions of each of the polypeptides and fragments of the present invention to heterologous polypeptides. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is an OSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide that is fused to the heterologous polypeptide comprises part or all of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or is a mutein, homologous polypeptide, analog or derivative thereof. In an even more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encoding the fusion protein comprises all or part of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, or comprises all or part of a nucleic acid sequence that selectively hybridizes or is homologous to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118.

[0251] The fusion proteins of the present invention will include at least one fragment of the protein of the present invention, which fragment is at least 6, typically at least 8, often at least 15, and usefully at least 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acids long. The fragment of the protein of the present to be included in the fusion can usefully be at least 25 amino acids long, at least 50 amino acids long, and can be at least 75, 100, or even 150 amino acids long. Fusions that include the entirety of the proteins of the present invention have particular utility.

[0252] The heterologous polypeptide included within the fusion protein of the present invention is at least 6 amino acids in length, often at least 8 amino acids in length, and usefully at least 15, 20, and 25 amino acids in length. Fusions that include larger polypeptides, such as the IgG Fc region, and even entire proteins (such as GFP chromophore-containing proteins) are particular useful.

[0253] As described above in the description of vectors and expression vectors of the present invention, which discussion is incorporated here by reference in its entirety, heterologous polypeptides to be included in the fusion proteins of the present invention can usefully include those designed to facilitate purification and/or visualization of recombinantly-expressed proteins. See, e.g., Ausubel, Chapter 16, (1992), supra. Although purification tags can also be incorporated into fusions that are chemically synthesized, chemical synthesis typically provides sufficient purity that further purification by HPLC suffices; however, visualization tags as above described retain their utility even when the protein is produced by chemical synthesis, and when so included render the fusion proteins of the present invention useful as directly detectable markers of the presence of a polypeptide of the invention.

[0254] As also discussed above, heterologous polypeptides to be included in the fusion proteins of the present invention can usefully include those that facilitate secretion of recombinantly expressed proteins—into the periplasmic space or extracellular milieu for prokaryotic hosts, into the culture medium for eukaryotic cells—through incorporation of secretion signals and/or leader sequences. For example, a His⁶ tagged protein can be purified on a Ni affinity column and a GST fusion protein can be purified on a glutathione affinity column. Similarly, a fusion protein comprising the Fc domain of IgG can be purified on a Protein A or Protein G column and a fusion protein comprising an epitope tag such as myc can be purified using an immunoaffinity column containing an anti-c-myc antibody. It is preferable that the epitope tag be separated from the protein encoded by the essential gene by an enzymatic cleavage site that can be cleaved after purification. See also the discussion of nucleic acid molecules encoding fusion proteins that may be expressed on the surface of a cell.

[0255] Other useful protein fusions of the present invention include those that permit use of the protein of the present invention as bait in a yeast two-hybrid system. See Bartel et al (eds.), The Yeast Two-Hybrid System, Oxford University Press (1997); Zhu et al., Yeast Hybrid Technologies, Eaton Publishing (2000); Fields et al., Trends Genet. 10(8): 286-92 (1994); Mendelsohn et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 5(5): 482-6 (1994); Luban et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 6(1): 59-64 (1995); Allen et al., Trends Biochem. Sci. 20(12): 511-6 (1995); Drees, Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 3(1): 64-70 (1999); Topcu et al., Pharm. Res. 17(9): 1049-55 (2000); Fashena et al., Gene 250(1-2): 1-14 (2000);; Colas et al., (1996) Genetic selection of peptide aptamers that recognize and inhibit cyclin-dependent kinase 2. Nature 380, 548-550; Norman, T. et al, (1999) Genetic selection of peptide inhibitors of biological pathways. Science 285, 591-595, Fabbrizio et al., (1999) Inhibition of mammalian cell proliferation by genetically selected peptide aptamers that functionally antagonize E2F activity. Oncogene 18, 4357-4363; Xu et al., (1997) Cells that register logical relationships among proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 94, 12473-12478; Yang, et al, (1995) Protein-peptide interactions analyzed with the yeast two-hybrid system. Nuc. Acids Res. 23, 1152-1156; Kolonin et al., (1998) Targeting cyclin-dependent kinases in Drosophila with peptide aptamers. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95, 14266-14271; Cohen et al., (1998) An artificial cell-cycle inhibitor isolated from a combinatorial library. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95, 14272-14277; Uetz, P.; Giot, L.; al, e.; Fields, S.; Rothberg, J. M. (2000) A comprehensive analysis of protein-protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nature 403, 623-627; Ito, et al., (2001) A comprehensive two-hybrid analysis to explore the yeast protein interactome. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98, 4569-4574, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Typically, such fusion is to either E. coil LexA or yeast GAL4 DNA binding domains. Related bait plasmids are available that express the bait fused to a nuclear localization signal.

[0256] Other useful fusion proteins include those that permit display of the encoded protein on the surface of a phage or cell, fusions to intrinsically fluorescent proteins, such as green fluorescent protein (GFP), and fusions to the IgG Fc region, as described above, which discussion is incorporated here by reference in its entirety.

[0257] The polypeptides and fragments of the present invention can also usefully be fused to protein toxins, such as Pseudomonas exotoxin A, diphtheria toxin, shiga toxin A, anthrax toxin lethal factor, ricin, in order to effect ablation of cells that bind or take up the proteins of the present invention.

[0258] Fusion partners include, inter alia, myc, hemagglutinin (HA), GST, immunoglobulins, β-galactosidase, biotin trpE, protein A, β-lactamase, -amylase, maltose binding protein, alcohol dehydrogenase, polyhistidine (for example, six histidine at the amino and/or carboxyl terminus of the polypeptide), lacZ, green fluorescent protein (GFP), yeast_mating factor, GAL4 transcription activation or DNA binding domain, luciferase, and serum proteins such as ovalbumin, albumin and the constant domain of IgG. See, e.g., Ausubel (1992), supra and Ausubel (1999), supra. Fusion proteins may also contain sites for specific enzymatic cleavage, such as a site that is recognized by enzymes such as Factor XIII, trypsin, pepsin, or any other enzyme known in the art. Fusion proteins will typically be made by either recombinant nucleic acid methods, as described above, chemically synthesized using techniques well-known in the art (e.g., a Merrifield synthesis), or produced by chemical cross-linking.

[0259] Another advantage of fusion proteins is that the epitope tag can be used to bind the fusion protein to a plate or column through an affinity linkage for screening binding proteins or other molecules that bind to the OSP.

[0260] As further described below, the isolated polypeptides, muteins, fusion proteins, homologous proteins or allelic variants of the present invention can readily be used as specific immunogens to raise antibodies that specifically recognize OSPs, their allelic variants and homologues. The antibodies, in turn, can be used, inter alia, specifically to assay for the polypeptides of the present invention, particularly OSPs, e.g. by ELISA for detection of protein fluid samples, such as serum, by immunohistochemistry or laser scanning cytometry, for detection of protein in tissue samples, or by flow cytometry, for detection of intracellular protein in cell suspensions, for specific antibody-mediated isolation and/or purification of OSPs, as for example by immunoprecipitation, and for use as specific agonists or antagonists of OSPs.

[0261] One may determine whether polypeptides including muteins, fusion proteins, homologous proteins or allelic variants are functional by methods known in the art. For instance, residues that are tolerant of change while retaining function can be identified by altering the protein at known residues using methods known in the art, such as alanine scanning mutagenesis, Cunningham et al., Science 244(4908): 1081-5 (1989); transposon linker scanning mutagenesis, Chen et al., Gene 263(1-2): 39-48 (2001); combinations of homolog- and alanine-scanning mutagenesis, Jin et al., J. Mol. Biol. 226(3): 851-65 (1992); combinatorial alanine scanning, Weiss et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 97(16): 8950-4 (2000), followed by functional assay. Transposon linker scanning kits are available commercially (New England Biolabs, Beverly, Mass., USA, catalog. no. E7-102S; EZ::TN™ In-Frame Linker Insertion Kit, catalogue no. EZI04KN, Epicentre Technologies Corporation, Madison, Wis., USA).

[0262] Purification of the polypeptides including fragments, homologous polypeptides, muteins, analogs, derivatives and fusion proteins is well-known and within the skill of one having ordinary skill in the art. See, e.g., Scopes, Protein Purification, 2d ed. (1987). Purification of recombinantly expressed polypeptides is described above. Purification of chemically-synthesized peptides can readily be effected, e.g., by HPLC.

[0263] Accordingly, it is an aspect of the present invention to provide the isolated proteins of the present invention in pure or substantially pure form in the presence of absence of a stabilizing agent. Stabilizing agents include both proteinaceous or non-proteinaceous material and are well-known in the art. Stabilizing agents, such as albumin and polyethylene glycol (PEG) are known and are commercially available.

[0264] Although high levels of purity are preferred when the isolated proteins of the present invention are used as therapeutic agents, such as in vaccines and as replacement therapy, the isolated proteins of the present invention are also useful at lower purity. For example, partially purified proteins of the present invention can be used as immunogens to raise antibodies in laboratory animals.

[0265] In preferred embodiments, the purified and substantially purified proteins of the present invention are in compositions that lack detectable ampholytes, acrylamide monomers, bis-acrylamide monomers, and polyacrylamide.

[0266] The polypeptides, fragments, analogs, derivatives and fusions of the present invention can usefully be attached to a substrate. The substrate can be porous or solid, planar or non-planar; the bond can be covalent or noncovalent.

[0267] For example, the polypeptides, fragments, analogs, derivatives and fusions of the present invention can usefully be bound to a porous substrate, commonly a membrane, typically comprising nitrocellulose, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), or cationically derivatized, hydrophilic PVDF; so bound, the proteins, fragments, and fusions of the present invention can be used to detect and quantify antibodies, e.g. in serum, that bind specifically to the immobilized protein of the present invention.

[0268] As another example, the polypeptides, fragments, analogs, derivatives and fusions of the present invention can usefully be bound to a substantially nonporous substrate, such as plastic, to detect and quantify antibodies, e.g. in serum, that bind specifically to the immobilized protein of the present invention. Such plastics include polymethylacrylic, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyacrylate, polymethylmethacrylate, polyvinylchloride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyacetal, polysulfone, celluloseacetate, cellulosenitrate, nitrocellulose, or mixtures thereof, when the assay is performed in a standard microtiter dish, the plastic is typically polystyrene.

[0269] The polypeptides, fragments, analogs, derivatives and fusions of the present invention can also be attached to a substrate suitable for use as a surface enhanced laser desorption ionization source; so attached, the protein, fragment, or fusion of the present invention is useful for binding and then detecting secondary proteins that bind with sufficient affinity or avidity to the surface-bound protein to indicate biologic interaction there between. The proteins, fragments, and fusions of the present invention can also be attached to a substrate suitable for use in surface plasmon resonance detection; so attached, the protein, fragment, or fusion of the present invention is useful for binding and then detecting secondary proteins that bind with sufficient affinity or avidity to the surface-bound protein to indicate biological interaction there between.

[0270] Antibodies

[0271] In another aspect, the invention provides antibodies, including fragments and derivatives thereof, that bind specifically to polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, as well as antibodies that bind to fragments, muteins, derivatives and analogs of the polypeptides. In a preferred embodiment, the antibodies are specific for a polypeptide that is an OSP, or a fragment, mutein, derivative, analog or fusion protein thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the antibodies are specific for a polypeptide that comprises SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a fragment, mutein, derivative, analog or fusion protein thereof.

[0272] The antibodies of the present invention can be specific for linear epitopes, discontinuous epitopes, or conformational epitopes of such proteins or protein fragments, either as present on the protein in its native conformation or, in some cases, as present on the proteins as denatured, as, e.g., by solubilization in SDS. New epitopes may be also due to a difference in post translational modifications (PTMs) in disease versus normal tissue. For example, a particular site on an OSP may be glycosylated in cancerous cells, but not glycosylated in normal cells or visa versa. In addition, alternative splice forms of an OSP may be indicative of cancer. Differential degradation of the C or N-terminus of an OSP may also be a marker or target for anticancer therapy. For example, an OSP may be N-terminal degraded in cancer cells exposing new epitopes to which antibodies may selectively bind for diagnostic or therapeutic uses.

[0273] As is well-known in the art, the degree to which an antibody can discriminate as among molecular species in a mixture will depend, in part, upon the conformational relatedness of the species in the mixture; typically, the antibodies of the present invention will discriminate over adventitious binding to non-OSP polypeptides by at least 2-fold, more typically by at least 5-fold, typically by more than 10-fold, 25-fold, 50-fold, 75-fold, and often by more than 100-fold, and on occasion by more than 500-fold or 1000-fold. When used to detect the proteins or protein fragments of the present invention, the antibody of the present invention is sufficiently specific when it can be used to determine the presence of the protein of the present invention in samples derived from human ovary.

[0274] Typically, the affinity or avidity of an antibody (or antibody multimer, as in the case of an IgM pentamer) of the present invention for a protein or protein fragment of the present invention will be at least about 1×10⁻⁶ molar (M), typically at least about 5×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, with affinities and avidities of at least 1×10⁻⁸ M, 5×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M and up to 1×10⁻¹³ M proving especially useful.

[0275] The antibodies of the present invention can be naturally-occurring forms, such as IgG, IgM, IgD, IgE, IgY, and IgA, from any avian, reptilian, or mammalian species.

[0276] Human antibodies can, but will infrequently, be drawn directly from human donors or human cells. In this case, antibodies to the proteins of the present invention will typically have resulted from fortuitous immunization, such as autoimmune immunization, with the protein or protein fragments of the present invention. Such antibodies will typically, but will not invariably, be polyclonal. In addition, individual polyclonal antibodies may be isolated and cloned to generate monoclonals.

[0277] Human antibodies are more frequently obtained using transgenic animals that express human immunoglobulin genes, which transgenic animals can be affirmatively immunized with the protein immunogen of the present invention. Human Ig-transgenic mice capable of producing human antibodies and methods of producing human antibodies therefrom upon specific immunization are described, inter alia, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,162,963; 6,150,584; 6,114,598; 6,075,181; 5,939,598; 5,877,397; 5,874,299; 5,814,318; 5,789,650; 5,770,429; 5,661,016; 5,633,425; 5,625,126; 5,569,825; 5,545,807; 5,545,806, and 5,591,669, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Such antibodies are typically monoclonal, and are typically produced using techniques developed for production of murine antibodies.

[0278] Human antibodies are particularly useful, and often preferred, when the antibodies of the present invention are to be administered to human beings as in vivo diagnostic or therapeutic agents, since recipient immune response to the administered antibody will often be substantially less than that occasioned by administration of an antibody derived from another species, such as mouse.

[0279] IgG, IgM, IgD, IgE, IgY, and IgA antibodies of the present invention can also be obtained from other species, including mammals such as rodents (typically mouse, but also rat, guinea pig, and hamster) lagomorphs, typically rabbits, and also larger mammals, such as sheep, goats, cows, and horses, and other egg laying birds or reptiles such as chickens or alligators. For example, avian antibodies may be generated using techniques described in WO 00/29444, published May 25, 2000, the contents of which are hereby incorporated in their entirety. In such cases, as with the transgenic human-antibody-producing non-human mammals, fortuitous immunization is not required, and the non-human mammal is typically affirmatively immunized, according to standard immunization protocols, with the protein or protein fragment of the present invention.

[0280] As discussed above, virtually all fragments of 8 or more contiguous amino acids of the proteins of the present invention can be used effectively as immunogens when conjugated to a carrier, typically a protein such as bovine thyroglobulin, keyhole limpet hemocyanin, or bovine serum albumin, conveniently using a bifunctional linker such as those described elsewhere above, which discussion is incorporated by reference here.

[0281] Immnunogenicity can also be conferred by fusion of the polypeptide and fragments of the present invention to other moieties. For example, peptides of the present invention can be produced by solid phase synthesis on a branched polylysine core matrix; these multiple antigenic peptides (MAPs) provide high purity, increased avidity, accurate chemical definition and improved safety in vaccine development. Tam et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 5409-5413 (1988); Posnett et al., J. Biol. Chem. 263: 1719-1725 (1988).

[0282] Protocols for immunizing non-human mammals or avian species are well-established in the art. See Harlow et al. (eds.), Using Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1998); Coligan et al. (eds.), Current Protocols in Immunology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2001); Zola, Monoclonal Antibodies: Preparation and Use of Monoclonal Antibodies and Engineered Antibody Derivatives (Basics: From Background to Bench), Springer Verlag (2000); Gross M, Speck J. Dtsch. Tierarztl. Wochenschr. 103: 417-422 (1996), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. Immunization protocols often include multiple immunizations, either with or without adjuvants such as Freund's complete adjuvant and Freund's incomplete adjuvant, and may include naked DNA immunization (Moss, Semin. Immunol. 2: 317-327 (1990).

[0283] Antibodies from non-human mammals and avian species can be polyclonal or monoclonal, with polyclonal antibodies having certain advantages in immunohistochemical detection of the proteins of the present invention and monoclonal antibodies having advantages in identifying and distinguishing particular epitopes of the proteins of the present invention. Antibodies from avian species may have particular advantage in detection of the proteins of the present invention, in human serum or tissues (Vikinge et al., Biosens. Bioelectron. 13: 1257-1262 (1998).

[0284] Following immunization, the antibodies of the present invention can be produced using any art-accepted technique. Such techniques are well-known in the art, Coligan, supra; Zola, supra; Howard et al. (eds.), Basic Methods in Antibody Production and Characterization, CRC Press (2000); Harlow, supra; Davis (ed.), Monoclonal Antibody Protocols, Vol. 45, Humana Press (1995); Delves (ed.), Antibody Production: Essential Techniques, John Wiley & Son Ltd (1997); Kenney, Antibody Solution: An Antibody Methods Manual, Chapman & Hall (1997), incorporated herein by reference in their entireties, and thus need not be detailed here.

[0285] Briefly, however, such techniques include, inter alia, production of monoclonal antibodies by hybridomas and expression of antibodies or fragments or derivatives thereof from host cells engineered to express immunoglobulin genes or fragments thereof. These two methods of production are not mutually exclusive: genes encoding antibodies specific for the proteins or protein fragments of the present invention can be cloned from hybridomas and thereafter expressed in other host cells. Nor need the two necessarily be performed together: e.g., genes encoding antibodies specific for the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention can be cloned directly from B cells known to be specific for the desired protein, as further described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,052, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, or from antibody-displaying phage.

[0286] Recombinant expression in host cells is particularly useful when fragments or derivatives of the antibodies of the present invention are desired.

[0287] Host cells for recombinant production of either whole antibodies, antibody fragments, or antibody derivatives can be prokaryotic or eukaryotic.

[0288] Prokaryotic hosts are particularly useful for producing phage displayed antibodies of the present invention.

[0289] The technology of phage-displayed antibodies, in which antibody variable region fragments are fused, for example, to the gene III protein (pIII) or gene VIII protein (pVIII) for display on the surface of filamentous phage, such as M13, is by now well-established. See, e.g., Sidhu, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 11(6): 610-6 (2000); Griffiths et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 9(1): 102-8 (1998); Hoogenboom et al., Immunotechnology, 4(1): 1-20 (1998); Rader et al., Current Opinion in Biotechnology 8: 503-508 (1997); Aujame et al, Human Antibodies 8: 155-168 (1997); Hoogenboom, Trends in Biotechnol. 15: 62-70 (1997); de Kruif et al, 17: 453-455 (1996); Barbas et al., Trends in Biotechnol. 14: 230-234 (1996); Winter et al., Ann. Rev. Immunol. 433-455 (1994). Techniques and protocols required to generate, propagate, screen (pan), and use the antibody fragments from such libraries have recently been compiled. See, e.g., Barbas (2001), supra; Kay, supra; Abelson, supra, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0290] Typically, phage-displayed antibody fragments are scFv fragments or Fab fragments; when desired, full length antibodies can be produced by cloning the variable regions from the displaying phage into a complete antibody and expressing the full length antibody in a further prokaryotic or a eukaryotic host cell.

[0291] Eukaryotic cells are also useful for expression of the antibodies, antibody fragments, and antibody derivatives of the present invention.

[0292] For example, antibody fragments of the present invention can be produced in Pichia pastoris and in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. See, e.g., Takahashi et al., Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 64(10): 2138-44 (2000); Freyre et al., J. Biotechnol. 76(2-3):1 57-63 (2000); Fischer et al., Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 30 (Pt 2): 117-20 (1999); Pennell et al., Res. Immunol. 149(6): 599-603 (1998); Eldin et al., J. Immunol. Methods. 201(1): 67-75 (1997);, Frenken et al., Res. Immunol. 149(6): 589-99 (1998); Shusta et al., Nature Biotechnol. 16(8): 773-7 (1998), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0293] Antibodies, including antibody fragments and derivatives, of the present invention can also be produced in insect cells. See, e.g., Li et al., Protein Expr. Purif. 21(1): 121-8 (2001); Ailor et al., Biotechnol. Bioeng. 58(2-3): 196-203 (1998); Hsu et al., Biotechnol. Prog. 13(1): 96-104 (1997); Edelman et al., Immunology 91(1): 13-9 (1997); and Nesbit et al., J. Immunol. Methods 151(1-2): 201-8 (1992), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0294] Antibodies and fragments and derivatives thereof of the present invention can also be produced in plant cells, particularly maize or tobacco, Giddings et al., Nature Biotechnol. 18(11): 1151-5 (2000); Gavilondo et al., Biotechniques 29(1): 128-38 (2000); Fischer et al., J. Biol. Regul. Homeost. Agents 14(2): 83-92 (2000); Fischer et al., Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 30 (Pt 2): 113-6 (1999); Fischer et al., Biol. Chem. 380(7-8): 825-39 (1999); Russell, Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 240: 119-38 (1999); and Ma et al., Plant Physiol. 109(2): 341-6 (1995), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0295] Antibodies, including antibody fragments and derivatives, of the present invention can also be produced in transgenic, non-human, mammalian milk. See, e.g. Pollock et al., J. Immunol Methods. 231: 147-57 (1999); Young et al., Res. Immunol. 149: 609-10 (1998); Limonta et al., Immunotechnology 1: 107-13 (1995), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0296] Mammalian cells useful for recombinant expression of antibodies, antibody fragments, and antibody derivatives of the present invention include CHO cells, COS cells, 293 cells, and myeloma cells.

[0297] Verma et al., J. Immunol. Methods 216(1-2):165-81 (1998), herein incorporated by reference, review and compare bacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian expression systems for expression of antibodies.

[0298] Antibodies of the present invention can also be prepared by cell free translation, as further described in Merk et al., J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 125(2): 328-33 (1999) and Ryabova et al., Nature Biotechnol. 15(1): 79-84 (1997), and in the milk of transgenic animals, as further described in Pollock et al., J. Immunol. Methods 231(1-2): 147-57 (1999), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0299] The invention further provides antibody fragments that bind specifically to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention, to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention, or the binding of which can be competitively inhibited by one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention or one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention.

[0300] Among such useful fragments are Fab, Fab′, Fv, F(ab)′₂, and single chain Fv (scFv) fragments. Other useful fragments are described in Hudson, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 9(4): 395-402 (1998).

[0301] It is also an aspect of the present invention to provide antibody derivatives that bind specifically to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention, to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention, or the binding of which can be competitively inhibited by one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention or one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention.

[0302] Among such useful derivatives are chimeric, primatized, and humanized antibodies; such derivatives are less immunogenic in human beings, and thus more suitable for in vivo administration, than are unmodified antibodies from non-human mammalian species. Another useful derivative is PEGylation to increase the serum half life of the antibodies.

[0303] Chimeric antibodies typically include heavy and/or light chain variable regions (including both CDR and framework residues) of immunoglobulins of one species, typically mouse, fused to constant regions of another species, typically human. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,807,715; Morrison et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA. 81(21): 6851-5 (1984); Sharon et al., Nature 309(5966): 364-7 (1984); Takeda et al., Nature 314(6010): 452-4 (1985), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Primatized and humanized antibodies typically include heavy and/or light chain CDRs from a murine antibody grafted into a non-human primate or human antibody V region framework, usually further comprising a human constant region, Riechmann et al., Nature 332(6162): 323-7 (1988); Co et al., Nature 351(6326): 501-2 (1991); U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,054,297; 5,821,337; 5,770,196; 5,766,886; 5,821,123; 5,869,619; 6,180,377; 6,013,256; 5,693,761; and 6,180,370, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0304] Other useful antibody derivatives of the invention include heteromeric antibody complexes and antibody fusions, such as diabodies (bispecific antibodies), single-chain diabodies, and intrabodies.

[0305] It is contemplated that the nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the present invention can be operably joined to other nucleic acids forming a recombinant vector for cloning or for expression of the antibodies of the invention. The present invention includes any recombinant vector containing the coding sequences, or part thereof, whether for eukaryotic transduction, transfection or gene therapy. Such vectors may be prepared using conventional molecular biology techniques, known to those with skill in the art, and would comprise DNA encoding sequences for the immunoglobulin V-regions including framework and CDRs or parts thereof, and a suitable promoter either with or without a signal sequence for intracellular transport. Such vectors may be transduced or transfected into eukaryotic cells or used for gene therapy (Marasco et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 90: 7889-7893 (1993); Duan et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 91: 5075-5079 (1994), by conventional techniques, known to those with skill in the art.

[0306] The antibodies of the present invention, including fragments and derivatives thereof, can usefully be labeled. It is, therefore, another aspect of the present invention to provide labeled antibodies that bind specifically to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention, to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention, or the binding of which can be competitively inhibited by one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention or one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention.

[0307] The choice of label depends, in part, upon the desired use.

[0308] For example, when the antibodies of the present invention are used for immunohistochemical staining of tissue samples, the label is preferably an enzyme that catalyzes production and local deposition of a detectable product.

[0309] Enzymes typically conjugated to antibodies to permit their immunohistochemical visualization are well-known, and include alkaline phosphatase, β-galactosidase, glucose oxidase, horseradish peroxidase (HRP), and urease. Typical substrates for production and deposition of visually detectable products include o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG); o-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride (OPD); p-nitrophenyl phosphate (PNPP); p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopryanoside (PNPG); 3′,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB); 3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole (AEC); 4-chloro-1-naphthol (CN); 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-phosphate (BCIP); ABTS®; BluoGal; iodonitrotetrazolium (INT); nitroblue tetrazolium chloride (NBT); phenazine methosulfate (PMS); phenolphthalein monophosphate (PMP); tetramethyl benzidine (TMB); tetranitroblue tetrazolium (TNBT); X-Gal; X-Gluc; and X-Glucoside.

[0310] Other substrates can be used to produce products for local deposition that are luminescent. For example, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), horseradish peroxidase (HRP) can catalyze the oxidation of cyclic diacylhydrazides, such as luminol. Immediately following the oxidation, the luminol is in an excited state (intermediate reaction product), which decays to the ground state by emitting light. Strong enhancement of the light emission is produced by enhancers, such as phenolic compounds. Advantages include high sensitivity, high resolution, and rapid detection without radioactivity and requiring only small amounts of antibody. See, e.g., Thorpe et al., Methods Enzymol. 133: 331-53 (1986); Kricka et al., J. Immunoassay 17(1): 67-83 (1996); and Lundqvist et al., J. Biolumin. Chemilumin. 10(6): 353-9 (1995), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Kits for such enhanced chemiluminescent detection (ECL) are available commercially.

[0311] The antibodies can also be labeled using colloidal gold.

[0312] As another example, when the antibodies of the present invention are used, e.g., for flow cytometric detection, for scanning laser cytometric detection, or for fluorescent immunoassay, they can usefully be labeled with fluorophores.

[0313] There are a wide variety of fluorophore labels that can usefully be attached to the antibodies of the present invention.

[0314] For flow cytometric applications, both for extracellular detection and for intracellular detection, common useful fluorophores can be fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), allophycocyanin (APC), R-phycoerythrin (PE), peridinin chlorophyll protein (PerCP), Texas Red, Cy3, Cy5, fluorescence resonance energy tandem fluorophores such as PerCP-Cy5.5, PE-Cy5, PE-Cy5.5, PE-Cy7, PE-Texas Red, and APC-Cy7.

[0315] Other fluorophores include, inter alia, Alexa Fluor® 350, Alexa Fluor® 488, Alexa Fluor® 532, Alexa Fluor® 546, Alexa Fluor® 568, Alexa Fluor® 594, Alexa Fluor® 647 (monoclonal antibody labeling kits available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA), BODIPY dyes, such as BODIPY 493/503, BODIPY FL, BODIPY R6G, BODIPY 530/550, BODIPY TMR, BODIPY 558/568, BODIPY 558/568, BODIPY 564/570, BODIPY 576/589, BODIPY 581/591, BODIPY TR, BODIPY 630/650, BODIPY 650/665, Cascade Blue, Cascade Yellow, Dansyl, lissamine rhodamine B, Marina Blue, Oregon Green 488, Oregon Green 514, Pacific Blue, rhodamine 6G, rhodamine green, rhodamine red, tetramethylrhodamine, Texas Red (available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA), and Cy2, Cy3, Cy3.5, Cy5, Cy5.5, Cy7, all of which are also useful for fluorescently labeling the antibodies of the present invention.

[0316] For secondary detection using labeled avidin, streptavidin, captavidin or neutravidin, the antibodies of the present invention can usefully be labeled with biotin.

[0317] When the antibodies of the present invention are used, e.g., for Western blotting applications, they can usefully be labeled with radioisotopes, such as ³³P, ³²P, ³⁵S, ³H, and ¹²⁵I.

[0318] As another example, when the antibodies of the present invention are used for radioimmunotherapy, the label can usefully be ²²⁸Th, ²²⁷Ac, ²²⁵Ac, ²²³Ra, ²¹³Bi, ²¹²Pb, ²¹² Bi, ²¹¹At, ²⁰³Pb, ¹⁹⁴Os, ¹⁸⁸Re, ¹⁸⁶Re, ¹⁵³Sm, ¹⁴⁹Tb, ¹³¹I, ¹²⁵I, ¹¹¹In, ¹⁰⁵Rh, ^(99m)Tc, ⁹⁷Ru, ⁹⁰Y, ⁹⁰Sr, ⁸⁸Y, ⁷²Se, ⁶⁷Cu, or ⁴⁷Sc.

[0319] As another example, when the antibodies of the present invention are to be used for in vivo diagnostic use, they can be rendered detectable by conjugation to MRI contrast agents, such as gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), Lauffer et al., Radiology 207(2): 529-38 (1998), or by radioisotopic labeling.

[0320] As would be understood, use of the labels described above is not restricted to the application for which they are mentioned.

[0321] The antibodies of the present invention, including fragments and derivatives thereof, can also be conjugated to toxins, in order to target the toxin's ablative action to cells that display and/or express the proteins of the present invention. Commonly, the antibody in such immunotoxins is conjugated to Pseudomonas exotoxin A, diphtheria toxin, shiga toxin A, anthrax toxin lethal factor, or ricin. See Hall (ed.), Immunotoxin Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 166), Humana Press (2000); and Frankel et al. (eds.), Clinical Applications of Immunotoxins, Springer-Verlag (1998), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0322] The antibodies of the present invention can usefully be attached to a substrate, and it is, therefore, another aspect of the invention to provide antibodies that bind specifically to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention, to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention, or the binding of which can be competitively inhibited by one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention or one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention, attached to a substrate.

[0323] Substrates can be porous or nonporous, planar or nonplanar.

[0324] For example, the antibodies of the present invention can usefully be conjugated to filtration media, such as NHS-activated Sepharose or CNBr-activated Sepharose for purposes of immunoaffinity chromatography.

[0325] For example, the antibodies of the present invention can usefully be attached to paramagnetic microspheres, typically by biotin-streptavidin interaction, which microspheres can then be used for isolation of cells that express or display the proteins of the present invention. As another example, the antibodies of the present invention can usefully be attached to the surface of a microtiter plate for ELISA.

[0326] As noted above, the antibodies of the present invention can be produced in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It is, therefore, another aspect of the present invention to provide cells that express the antibodies of the present invention, including hybridoma cells, B cells, plasma cells, and host cells recombinantly modified to express the antibodies of the present invention.

[0327] In yet a further aspect, the present invention provides aptamers evolved to bind specifically to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention, to one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention, or the binding of which can be competitively inhibited by one or more of the proteins and protein fragments of the present invention or one or more of the proteins and protein fragments encoded by the isolated nucleic acids of the present invention.

[0328] In sum, one of skill in the art, provided with the teachings of this invention, has available a variety of methods which may be used to alter the biological properties of the antibodies of this invention including methods which would increase or decrease the stability or half-life, immunogenicity, toxicity, affinity or yield of a given antibody molecule, or to alter it in any other way that may render it more suitable for a particular application.

[0329] Transgenic Animals and Cells

[0330] In another aspect, the invention provides transgenic cells and non-human organisms comprising nucleic acid molecules of the invention. In a preferred embodiment, the transgenic cells and non-human organisms comprise a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP. In a preferred embodiment, the OSP comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a fragment, mutein, homologous protein or allelic variant thereof. In another preferred embodiment, the transgenic cells and non-human organism comprise an OSNA of the invention, preferably an OSNA comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, or a part, substantially similar nucleic acid molecule, allelic variant or hybridizing nucleic acid molecule thereof.

[0331] In another embodiment, the transgenic cells and non-human organisms have a targeted disruption or replacement of the endogenous orthologue of the human OSG. The transgenic cells can be embryonic stem cells or somatic cells. The transgenic non-human organisms can be chimeric, nonchimeric heterozygotes, and nonchimeric homozygotes. Methods of producing transgenic animals are well-known in the art. See, e.g., Hogan et al., Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual, 2d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Press (1999); Jackson et al., Mouse Genetics and Transgenics: A Practical Approach, Oxford University Press (2000); and Pinkert, Transgenic Animal Technology: A Laboratory Handbook, Academic Press (1999).

[0332] Any technique known in the art may be used to introduce a nucleic acid molecule of the invention into an animal to produce the founder lines of transgenic animals. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, pronuclear microinjection. (see, e.g., Paterson et al., Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40: 691-698 (1994); Carver et al., Biotechnology 11: 1263-1270 (1993); Wright et al., Biotechnology 9: 830-834 (1991); and U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,191 (1989 retrovirus-mediated gene transfer into germ lines, blastocysts or embryos (see, e.g., Van der Putten et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 82: 6148-6152 (1985)); gene targeting in embryonic stem cells (see, e.g., Thompson et al, Cell 56: 313-321 (1989)); electroporation of cells or embryos (see, e.g., Lo, 1983, Mol. Cell. Biol. 3: 1803-1814 (1983)); introduction using a gene gun (see, e.g., Ulmer et al., Science 259: 1745-49 (1993); introducing nucleic acid constructs into embryonic pleuripotent stem cells and transferring the stem cells back into the blastocyst; and sperm-mediated gene transfer (see, e.g., Lavitrano et al., Cell 57: 717-723 (1989)).

[0333] Other techniques include, for example, nuclear transfer into enucleated oocytes of nuclei from cultured embryonic, fetal, or adult cells induced to quiescence (see, e.g., Campell et al., Nature 380: 64-66 (1996); Wilmut et al., Nature 385: 810-813 (1997)). The present invention provides for transgenic animals that carry the transgene (i.e., a nucleic acid molecule of the invention) in all their cells, as well as animals which carry the transgene in some, but not all their cells, i.e., mosaic animals or chimeric animals.

[0334] The transgene may be integrated as a single transgene or as multiple copies, such as in concatamers, e.g., head-to-head tandems or head-to-tail tandems. The transgene may also be selectively introduced into and activated in a particular cell type by following, e.g., the teaching of Lasko et al. et al., Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 89: 6232-6236 (1992). The regulatory sequences required for such a cell-type specific activation will depend upon the particular cell type of interest, and will be apparent to those of skill in the art.

[0335] Once transgenic animals have been generated, the expression of the recombinant gene may be assayed utilizing standard techniques. Initial screening may be accomplished by Southern blot analysis or PCR techniques to analyze animal tissues to verify that integration of the transgene has taken place. The level of mRNA expression of the transgene in the tissues of the transgenic animals may also be assessed using techniques which include, but are not limited to, Northern blot analysis of tissue samples obtained from the animal, in situ hybridization analysis, and reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR). Samples of transgenic gene-expressing tissue may also be evaluated immunocytochemically or immunohistochemically using antibodies specific for the transgene product.

[0336] Once the founder animals are produced, they may be bred, inbred, outbred, or crossbred to produce ovaryies of the particular animal. Examples of such breeding strategies include, but are not limited to: outbreeding of founder animals with more than one integration site in order to establish separate lines; inbreeding of separate lines in order to produce compound transgenics that express the transgene at higher levels because of the effects of additive expression of each transgene; crossing of heterozygous transgenic animals to produce animals homozygous for a given integration site in order to both augment expression and eliminate the need for screening of animals by DNA analysis; crossing of separate homozygous lines to produce compound heterozygous or homozygous lines; and breeding to place the transgene on a distinct background that is appropriate for an experimental model of interest.

[0337] Transgenic animals of the invention have uses which include, but are not limited to, animal model systems useful in elaborating the biological function of polypeptides of the present invention, studying conditions and/or disorders associated with aberrant expression, and in screening for compounds effective in ameliorating such conditions and/or disorders.

[0338] Methods for creating a transgenic animal with a disruption of a targeted gene are also well-known in the art. In general, a vector is designed to comprise some nucleotide sequences homologous to the endogenous targeted gene. The vector is introduced into a cell so that it may integrate, via homologous recombination with chromosomal sequences, into the endogenous gene, thereby disrupting the function of the endogenous gene. The transgene may also be selectively introduced into a particular cell type, thus inactivating the endogenous gene in only that cell type. See, e.g., Gu et al., Science 265: 103-106 (1994). The regulatory sequences required for such a cell-type specific inactivation will depend upon the particular cell type of interest, and will be apparent to those of skill in the art. See, e.g., Smithies et al., Nature 317: 230-234 (1985); Thomas et al., Cell 51: 503-512 (1987); Thompson et al., Cell 5: 313-321 (1989).

[0339] In one embodiment, a mutant, non-functional nucleic acid molecule of the invention (or a completely unrelated DNA sequence) flanked by DNA homologous to the endogenous nucleic acid sequence (either the coding regions or regulatory regions of the gene) can be used, with or without a selectable marker and/or a negative selectable marker, to transfect cells that express polypeptides of the invention in vivo. In another embodiment, techniques known in the art are used to generate knockouts in cells that contain, but do not express the gene of interest. Insertion of the DNA construct, via targeted homologous recombination, results in inactivation of the targeted gene. Such approaches are particularly suited in research and agricultural fields where modifications to embryonic stem cells can be used to generate animal offspring with an inactive targeted gene. See, e.g., Thomas, supra and Thompson, supra. However this approach can be routinely adapted for use in humans provided the recombinant DNA constructs are directly administered or targeted to the required site in vivo using appropriate viral vectors that will be apparent to those of skill in the art.

[0340] In further embodiments of the invention, cells that are genetically engineered to express the polypeptides of the invention, or alternatively, that are genetically engineered not to express the polypeptides of the invention (e.g., knockouts) are administered to a patient in vivo. Such cells may be obtained from an animal or patient or an MHC compatible donor and can include, but are not limited to fibroblasts, bone marrow cells, blood cells (e.g., lymphocytes), adipocytes, muscle cells, endothelial cells etc. The cells are genetically engineered in vitro using recombinant DNA techniques to introduce the coding sequence of polypeptides of the invention into the cells, or alternatively, to disrupt the coding sequence and/or endogenous regulatory sequence associated with the polypeptides of the invention, e.g., by transduction (using viral vectors, and preferably vectors that integrate the transgene into the cell genome) or transfection procedures, including, but not limited to, the use of plasmids, cosmids, YACs, naked DNA, electroporation, liposomes, etc.

[0341] The coding sequence of the polypeptides of the invention can be placed under the control of a strong constitutive or inducible promoter or promoter/enhancer to achieve expression, and preferably secretion, of the polypeptides of the invention. The engineered cells which express and preferably secrete the polypeptides of the invention can be introduced into the patient systemically, e.g., in the circulation, or intraperitoneally.

[0342] Alternatively, the cells can be incorporated into a matrix and implanted in the body, e.g., genetically engineered fibroblasts can be implanted as part of a skin graft; genetically engineered endothelial cells can be implanted as part of a lymphatic or vascular graft. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,399,349 and 5,460,959, each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

[0343] When the cells to be administered are non-autologous or non-MHC compatible cells, they can be administered using well-known techniques which prevent the development of a host immune response against the introduced cells. For example, the cells may be introduced in an encapsulated form which, while allowing for an exchange of components with the immediate extracellular environment, does not allow the introduced cells to be recognized by the host immune system.

[0344] Transgenic and “knock-out” animals of the invention have uses which include, but are not limited to, animal model systems useful in elaborating the biological function of polypeptides of the present invention, studying conditions and/or disorders associated with aberrant expression, and in screening for compounds effective in ameliorating such conditions and/or disorders.

[0345] Computer Readable Means

[0346] A further aspect of the invention relates to a computer readable means for storing the nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of the instant invention. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a computer readable means for storing SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118 and SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228 as described herein, as the complete set of sequences or in any combination. The records of the computer readable means can be accessed for reading and display and for interface with a computer system for the application of programs allowing for the location of data upon a query for data meeting certain criteria, the comparison of sequences, the alignment or ordering of sequences meeting a set of criteria, and the like.

[0347] The nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of the invention are particularly useful as components in databases useful for search analyses as well as in sequence analysis algorithms. As used herein, the terms “nucleic acid sequences of the invention” and “amino acid sequences of the invention” mean any detectable chemical or physical characteristic of a polynucleotide or polypeptide of the invention that is or may be reduced to or stored in a computer readable form. These include, without limitation, chromatographic scan data or peak data, photographic data or scan data therefrom, and mass spectrographic data.

[0348] This invention provides computer readable media having stored thereon sequences of the invention. A computer readable medium may comprise one or more of the following: a nucleic acid sequence comprising a sequence of a nucleic acid sequence of the invention; an amino acid sequence comprising an amino acid sequence of the invention; a set of nucleic acid sequences wherein at least one of said sequences comprises the sequence of a nucleic acid sequence of the invention; a set of amino acid sequences wherein at least one of said sequences comprises the sequence of an amino acid sequence of the invention; a data set representing a nucleic acid sequence comprising the sequence of one or more nucleic acid sequences of the invention; a data set representing a nucleic acid sequence encoding an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence of an amino acid sequence of the invention; a set of nucleic acid sequences wherein at least one of said sequences comprises the sequence of a nucleic acid sequence of the invention; a set of amino acid sequences wherein at least one of said sequences comprises the sequence of an amino acid sequence of the invention; a data set representing a nucleic acid sequence comprising the sequence of a nucleic acid sequence of the invention; a data set representing a nucleic acid sequence encoding an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence of an amino acid sequence of the invention. The computer readable medium can be any composition of matter used to store information or data, including, for example, commercially available floppy disks, tapes, hard drives, compact disks, and video disks.

[0349] Also provided by the invention are methods for the analysis of character sequences, particularly genetic sequences. Preferred methods of sequence analysis include, for example, methods of sequence homology analysis, such as identity and similarity analysis, RNA structure analysis, sequence assembly, cladistic analysis, sequence motif analysis, open reading frame determination, nucleic acid base calling, and sequencing chromatogram peak analysis.

[0350] A computer-based method is provided for performing nucleic acid sequence identity or similarity identification. This method comprises the steps of providing a nucleic acid sequence comprising the sequence of a nucleic acid of the invention in a computer readable medium; and comparing said nucleic acid sequence to at least one nucleic acid or amino acid sequence to identify sequence identity or similarity.

[0351] A computer-based method is also provided for performing amino acid homology identification, said method comprising the steps of: providing an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence of an amino acid of the invention in a computer readable medium; and comparing said an amino acid sequence to at least one nucleic acid or an amino acid sequence to identify homology.

[0352] A computer-based method is still further provided for assembly of overlapping nucleic acid sequences into a single nucleic acid sequence, said method comprising the steps of: providing a first nucleic acid sequence comprising the sequence of a nucleic acid of the invention in a computer readable medium; and screening for at least one overlapping region between said first nucleic acid sequence and a second nucleic acid sequence.

[0353] Diagnostic Methods for Ovarian Cancer

[0354] The present invention also relates to quantitative and qualitative diagnostic assays and methods for detecting, diagnosing, monitoring, staging and predicting cancers by comparing expression of an OSNA or an OSP in a human patient that has or may have ovarian cancer, or who is at risk of developing ovarian cancer, with the expression of an OSNA or an OSP in a normal human control. For purposes of the present invention, “expression of an OSNA” or “OSNA expression” means the quantity of OSG mRNA that can be measured by any method known in the art or the level of transcription that can be measured by any method known in the art in a cell, tissue, organ or whole patient. Similarly, the term “expression of an OSP” or “OSP expression” means the amount of OSP that can be measured by any method known in the art or the level of translation of an OSG OSNA that can be measured by any method known in the art.

[0355] The present invention provides methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer in a patient, in particular squamous cell carcinoma, by analyzing for changes in levels of OSNA or OSP in cells, tissues, organs or bodily fluids compared with levels of OSNA or OSP in cells, tissues, organs or bodily fluids of preferably the same type from a normal human control, wherein an increase, or decrease in certain cases, in levels of an OSNA or OSP in the patient versus the normal human control is associated with the presence of ovarian cancer or with a predilection to the disease. In another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer in a patient by analyzing changes in the structure of the mRNA of an OSG compared to the mRNA from a normal control. These changes include, without limitation, aberrant splicing, alterations in polyadenylation and/or alterations in 5′ nucleotide capping. In yet another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer in a patient by analyzing changes in an OSP compared to an OSP from a normal control. These changes include, e.g., alterations in glycosylation and/or phosphorylation of the OSP or subcellular OSP localization.

[0356] In a preferred embodiment, the expression of an OSNA is measured by determining the amount of an mRNA that encodes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, a homolog, an allelic variant, or a fragment thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the OSNA expression that is measured is the level of expression of an OSNA mRNA selected from SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, or a hybridizing nucleic acid, homologous nucleic acid or allelic variant thereof, or a part of any of these nucleic acids. OSNA expression may be measured by any method known in the art, such as those described supra, including measuring mRNA expression by Northern blot, quantitative or qualitative reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), microarray, dot or slot blots or in situ hybridization. See, e.g. Ausubel (1992), supra; Ausubel (1999), supra; Sambrook (1989), supra; and Sambrook (2001), supra. OSNA transcription may be measured by any method known in the art including using a reporter gene hooked up to the promoter of an OSG of interest or doing nuclear run-off assays. Alterations in mRNA structure, e.g, aberrant splicing variants, may be determined by any method known in the art, including, RT-PCR followed by sequencing or restriction analysis. As necessary, OSNA expression may be compared to a known control, such as normal ovary nucleic acid, to detect a change in expression.

[0357] In another preferred embodiment, the expression of an OSP is measured by determining the level of an OSP having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, a homolog, an allelic variant, or a fragment thereof. Such levels are preferably determined in at least one of cells, tissues, organs and/or bodily fluids, including determination of normal and abnormal levels. Thus, for instance, a diagnostic assay in accordance with the invention for diagnosing over- or underexpression of OSNA or OSP compared to normal control bodily fluids, cells, or tissue samples may be used to diagnose the presence of ovarian cancer. The expression level of an OSP may be determined by any method known in the art, such as those described supra. In a preferred embodiment, the OSP expression level may be determined by radioimmunoassays, competitive-binding assays, ELISA, Western blot, FACS, immunohistochemistry, immunoprecipitation, proteomic approaches: two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D electrophoresis) and non-gel-based approaches such as mass spectrometry or protein interaction profiling. See, e.g, Harlow (1999), supra; Ausubel (1992), supra; and Ausubel (1999), supra. Alterations in the OSP structure may be determined by any method known in the art, including, e.g., using antibodies that specifically recognize phosphoserine, phosphothreonine or phosphotyrosine residues, two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D PAGE) and/or chemical analysis of amino acid residues of the protein. Id.

[0358] In a preferred embodiment, a radioimmunoassay (RIA) or an ELISA is used. An antibody specific to an OSP is prepared if one is not already available. In a preferred embodiment, the antibody is a monoclonal antibody. The anti-OSP antibody is bound to a solid support and any free protein binding sites on the solid support are blocked with a protein such as bovine serum albumin. A sample of interest is incubated with the antibody on the solid support under conditions in which the OSP will bind to the anti-OSP antibody. The sample is removed, the solid support is washed to remove unbound material, and an anti-OSP antibody that is linked to a detectable reagent (a radioactive substance for RIA and an enzyme for ELISA) is added to the solid support and incubated under conditions in which binding of the OSP to the labeled antibody will occur. After binding, the unbound labeled antibody is removed by washing. For an ELISA, one or more substrates are added to produce a colored reaction product that is based upon the amount of an OSP in the sample. For an RIA, the solid support is counted for radioactive decay signals by any method known in the art. Quantitative results for both RIA and ELISA typically are obtained by reference to a standard curve.

[0359] Other methods to measure OSP levels are known in the art. For instance, a competition assay may be employed wherein an anti-OSP antibody is attached to a solid support and an allocated amount of a labeled OSP and a sample of interest are incubated with the solid support. The amount of labeled OSP detected which is attached to the solid support can be correlated to the quantity of an OSP in the sample.

[0360] Of the proteomic approaches, 2D PAGE is a well-known technique. Isolation of individual proteins from a sample such as serum is accomplished using sequential separation of proteins by isoelectric point and molecular weight. Typically, polypeptides are first separated by isoelectric point (the first dimension) and then separated by size using an electric current (the second dimension). In general, the second dimension is perpendicular to the first dimension. Because no two proteins with different sequences are identical on the basis of both size and charge, the result of 2D PAGE is a roughly square gel in which each protein occupies a unique spot. Analysis of the spots with chemical or antibody probes, or subsequent protein microsequencing can reveal the relative abundance of a given protein and the identity of the proteins in the sample.

[0361] Expression levels of an OSNA can be determined by any method known in the art, including PCR and other nucleic acid methods, such as ligase chain reaction (LCR) and nucleic acid sequence based amplification (NASBA), can be used to detect malignant cells for diagnosis and monitoring of various malignancies. For example, reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) is a powerful technique which can be used to detect the presence of a specific mRNA population in a complex mixture of thousands of other mRNA species. In RT-PCR, an mRNA species is first reverse transcribed to complementary DNA (cDNA) with use of the enzyme reverse transcriptase; the cDNA is then amplified as in a standard PCR reaction.

[0362] Hybridization to specific DNA molecules (e.g., oligonucleotides) arrayed on a solid support can be used to both detect the expression of and quantitate the level of expression of one or more OSNAs of interest. In this approach, all or a portion of one or more OSNAs is fixed to a substrate. A sample of interest, which may comprise RNA, e.g., total RNA or polyA-selected mRNA, or a complementary DNA (cDNA) copy of the RNA is incubated with the solid support under conditions in which hybridization will occur between the DNA on the solid support and the nucleic acid molecules in the sample of interest. Hybridization between the substrate-bound DNA and the nucleic acid molecules in the sample can be detected and quantitated by several means, including, without limitation, radioactive labeling or fluorescent labeling of the nucleic acid molecule or a secondary molecule designed to detect the hybrid.

[0363] The above tests can be carried out on samples derived from a variety of cells, bodily fluids and/or tissue extracts such as homogenates or solubilized tissue obtained from a patient. Tissue extracts are obtained routinely from tissue biopsy and autopsy material. Bodily fluids useful in the present invention include blood, urine, saliva or any other bodily secretion or derivative thereof. By blood it is meant to include whole blood, plasma, serum or any derivative of blood. In a preferred embodiment, the specimen tested for expression of OSNA or OSP includes, without limitation, ovary tissue, fluid obtained by bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL), sputum, ovary cells grown in cell culture, blood, serum, lymph node tissue and lymphatic fluid. In another preferred embodiment, especially when metastasis of a primary ovarian cancer is known or suspected, specimens include, without limitation, tissues from brain, bone, bone marrow, liver, adrenal glands and breast. In general, the tissues may be sampled by biopsy, including, without limitation, needle biopsy, e.g., transthoracic needle aspiration, cervical mediatinoscopy, endoscopic lymph node biopsy, video-assisted thoracoscopy, exploratory thoracotomy, bone marrow biopsy and bone marrow aspiration. See Scott, supra and Franklin, pp. 529-570, in Kane, supra. For early and inexpensive detection, assaying for changes in OSNAs or OSPs in cells in sputum samples may be particularly useful. Methods of obtaining and analyzing sputum samples is disclosed in Franklin, supra.

[0364] All the methods of the present invention may optionally include determining the expression levels of one or more other cancer markers in addition to determining the expression level of an OSNA or OSP. In many cases, the use of another cancer marker will decrease the likelihood of false positives or false negatives. In one embodiment, the one or more other cancer markers include other OSNA or OSPs as disclosed herein. Other cancer markers useful in the present invention will depend on the cancer being tested and are known to those of skill in the art. In a preferred embodiment, at least one other cancer marker in addition to a particular OSNA or OSP is measured. In a more preferred embodiment, at least two other additional cancer markers are used. In an even more preferred embodiment, at least three, more preferably at least five, even more preferably at least ten additional cancer markers are used.

[0365] Diagnosing

[0366] In one aspect, the invention provides a method for determining the expression levels and/or structural alterations of one or more OSNAs and/or OSPs in a sample from a patient suspected of having ovarian cancer. In general, the method comprises the steps of obtaining the sample from the patient, determining the expression level or structural alterations of an OSNA and/or OSP and then ascertaining whether the patient has ovarian cancer from the expression level of the OSNA or OSP. In general, if high expression relative to a control of an OSNA or OSP is indicative of ovarian cancer, a diagnostic assay is considered positive if the level of expression of the OSNA or OSP is at least two times higher, and more preferably are at least five times higher, even more preferably at least ten times higher, than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. In contrast, if low expression relative to a control of an OSNA or OSP is indicative of ovarian cancer, a diagnostic assay is considered positive if the level of expression of the OSNA or OSP is at least two times lower, more preferably are at least five times lower, even more preferably at least ten times lower than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. The normal human control may be from a different patient or from uninvolved tissue of the same patient.

[0367] The present invention also provides a method of determining whether ovarian cancer has metastasized in a patient. One may identify whether the ovarian cancer has metastasized by measuring the expression levels and/or structural alterations of one or more OSNAs and/or OSPs in a variety of tissues. The presence of an OSNA or OSP in a certain tissue at levels higher than that of corresponding noncancerous tissue (e.g., the same tissue from another individual) is indicative of metastasis if high level expression of an OSNA or OSP is associated with ovarian cancer. Similarly, the presence of an OSNA or OSP in a tissue at levels lower than that of corresponding noncancerous tissue is indicative of metastasis if low level expression of an OSNA or OSP is associated with ovarian cancer. Further, the presence of a structurally altered OSNA or OSP that is associated with ovarian cancer is also indicative of metastasis.

[0368] In general, if high expression relative to a control of an OSNA or OSP is indicative of metastasis, an assay for metastasis is considered positive if the level of expression of the OSNA or OSP is at least two times higher, and more preferably are at least five times higher, even more preferably at least ten times higher, than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. In contrast, if low expression relative to a control of an OSNA or OSP is indicative of metastasis, an assay for metastasis is considered positive if the level of expression of the OSNA or OSP is at least two times lower, more preferably are at least five times lower, even more preferably at least ten times lower than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control.

[0369] The OSNA or OSP of this invention may be used as element in an array or a multi-analyte test to recognize expression patterns associated with ovarian cancers or other ovary related disorders. In addition, the sequences of either the nucleic acids or proteins may be used as elements in a computer program for pattern recognition of ovarian disorders.

[0370] Staging

[0371] The invention also provides a method of staging ovarian cancer in a human patient. The method comprises identifying a human patient having ovarian cancer and analyzing cells, tissues or bodily fluids from such human patient for expression levels and/or structural alterations of one or more OSNAs or OSPs. First, one or more tumors from a variety of patients are staged according to procedures well-known in the art, and the expression level of one or more OSNAs or OSPs is determined for each stage to obtain a standard expression level for each OSNA and OSP. Then, the OSNA or OSP expression levels are determined in a biological sample from a patient whose stage of cancer is not known. The OSNA or OSP expression levels from the patient are then compared to the standard expression level. By comparing the expression level of the OSNAs and OSPs from the patient to the standard expression levels, one may determine the stage of the tumor. The same procedure may be followed using structural alterations of an OSNA or OSP to determine the stage of an ovarian cancer.

[0372] Monitoring

[0373] Further provided is a method of monitoring ovarian cancer in a human patient. One may monitor a human patient to determine whether there has been metastasis and, if there has been, when metastasis began to occur. One may also monitor a human patient to determine whether a preneoplastic lesion has become cancerous. One may also monitor a human patient to determine whether a therapy, e.g., chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery, has decreased or eliminated the ovarian cancer. The method comprises identifying a human patient that one wants to monitor for ovarian cancer, periodically analyzing cells, tissues or bodily fluids from such human patient for expression levels of one or more OSNAs or OSPs, and comparing the OSNA or OSP levels over time to those OSNA or OSP expression levels obtained previously. Patients may also be monitored by measuring one or more structural alterations in an OSNA or OSP that are associated with ovarian cancer.

[0374] If increased expression of an OSNA or OSP is associated with metastasis, treatment failure, or conversion of a preneoplastic lesion to a cancerous lesion, then detecting an increase in the expression level of an OSNA or OSP indicates that the tumor is metastasizing, that treatment has failed or that the lesion is cancerous, respectively. One having ordinary skill in the art would recognize that if this were the case, then a decreased expression level would be indicative of no metastasis, effective therapy or failure to progress to a neoplastic lesion. If decreased expression of an OSNA or OSP is associated with metastasis, treatment failure, or conversion of a preneoplastic lesion to a cancerous lesion, then detecting an decrease in the expression level of an OSNA or OSP indicates that the tumor is metastasizing, that treatment has failed or that the lesion is cancerous, respectively. In a preferred embodiment, the levels of OSNAs or OSPs are determined from the same cell type, tissue or bodily fluid as prior patient samples. Monitoring a patient for onset of ovarian cancer metastasis is periodic and preferably is done on a quarterly basis, but may be done more or less frequently.

[0375] The methods described herein can further be utilized as prognostic assays to identify subjects having or at risk of developing a disease or disorder associated with increased or decreased expression levels of an OSNA and/or OSP. The present invention provides a method in which a test sample is obtained from a human patient and one or more OSNAs and/or OSPs are detected. The presence of higher (or lower) OSNA or OSP levels as compared to normal human controls is diagnostic for the human patient being at risk for developing cancer, particularly ovarian cancer. The effectiveness of therapeutic agents to decrease (or increase) expression or activity of one or more OSNAs and/or OSPs of the invention can also be monitored by analyzing levels of expression of the OSNAs and/or OSPs in a human patient in clinical trials or in in vitro screening assays such as in human cells. In this way, the gene expression pattern can serve as a marker, indicative of the physiological response of the human patient or cells, as the case may be, to the agent being tested.

[0376] Detection of Genetic Lesions or Mutations

[0377] The methods of the present invention can also be used to detect genetic lesions or mutations in an OSG, thereby determining if a human with the genetic lesion is susceptible to developing ovarian cancer or to determine what genetic lesions are responsible, or are partly responsible, for a person's existing ovarian cancer. Genetic lesions can be detected, for example, by ascertaining the existence of a deletion, insertion and/or substitution of one or more nucleotides from the OSGs of this invention, a chromosomal rearrangement of OSG, an aberrant modification of OSG (such as of the methylation pattern of the genomic DNA), or allelic loss of an OSG. Methods to detect such lesions in the OSG of this invention are known to those having ordinary skill in the art following the teachings of the specification.

[0378] Methods of Detecting Noncancerous Ovarian Diseases

[0379] The invention also provides a method for determining the expression levels and/or structural alterations of one or more OSNAs and/or OSPs in a sample from a patient suspected of having or known to have a noncancerous ovarian disease. In general, the method comprises the steps of obtaining a sample from the patient, determining the expression level or structural alterations of an OSNA and/or OSP, comparing the expression level or structural alteration of the OSNA or OSP to a normal ovary control, and then ascertaining whether the patient has a noncancerous ovarian disease. In general, if high expression relative to a control of an OSNA or OSP is indicative of a particular noncancerous ovarian disease, a diagnostic assay is considered positive if the level of expression of the OSNA or OSP is at least two times higher, and more preferably are at least five times higher, even more preferably at least ten times higher, than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. In contrast, if low expression relative to a control of an OSNA or OSP is indicative of a noncancerous ovarian disease, a diagnostic assay is considered positive if the level of expression of the OSNA or OSP is at least two times lower, more preferably are at least five times lower, even more preferably at least ten times lower than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. The normal human control may be from a different patient or from uninvolved tissue of the same patient.

[0380] One having ordinary skill in the art may determine whether an OSNA and/or OSP is associated with a particular noncancerous ovarian disease by obtaining ovary tissue from a patient having a noncancerous ovarian disease of interest and determining which OSNAs and/or OSPs are expressed in the tissue at either a higher or a lower level than in normal ovary tissue. In another embodiment, one may determine whether an OSNA or OSP exhibits structural alterations in a particular noncancerous ovarian disease state by obtaining ovary tissue from a patient having a noncancerous ovarian disease of interest and determining the structural alterations in one or more OSNAs and/or OSPs relative to normal ovary tissue.

[0381] Methods for Identifying Ovary Tissue

[0382] In another aspect, the invention provides methods for identifying ovary tissue. These methods are particularly useful in, e.g., forensic science, ovary cell differentiation and development, and in tissue engineering.

[0383] In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for determining whether a sample is ovary tissue or has ovary tissue-like characteristics. The method comprises the steps of providing a sample suspected of comprising ovary tissue or having ovary tissue-like characteristics, determining whether the sample expresses one or more OSNAs and/or OSPs, and, if the sample expresses one or more OSNAs and/or OSPs, concluding that the sample comprises ovary tissue. In a preferred embodiment, the OSNA encodes a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a homolog, allelic variant or fragment thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the OSNA has a nucleotide sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, or a hybridizing nucleic acid, an allelic variant or a part thereof. Determining whether a sample expresses an OSNA can be accomplished by any method known in the art. Preferred methods include hybridization to microarrays, Northern blot hybridization, and quantitative or qualitative RT-PCR. In another preferred embodiment, the method can be practiced by determining whether an OSP is expressed. Determining whether a sample expresses an OSP can be accomplished by any method known in the art. Preferred methods include Western blot, ELISA, RIA and 2D PAGE. In one embodiment, the OSP has an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a homolog, allelic variant or fragment thereof. In another preferred embodiment, the expression of at least two OSNAs and/or OSPs is determined. In a more preferred embodiment, the expression of at least three, more preferably four and even more preferably five OSNAs and/or OSPs are determined.

[0384] In one embodiment, the method can be used to determine whether an unknown tissue is ovary tissue. This is particularly useful in forensic science, in which small, damaged pieces of tissues that are not identifiable by microscopic or other means are recovered from a crime or accident scene. In another embodiment, the method can be used to determine whether a tissue is differentiating or developing into ovary tissue. This is important in monitoring the effects of the addition of various agents to cell or tissue culture, e.g., in producing new ovary tissue by tissue engineering. These agents include, e.g., growth and differentiation factors, extracellular matrix proteins and culture medium. Other factors that may be measured for effects on tissue development and differentiation include gene transfer into the cells or tissues, alterations in pH, aqueous:air interface and various other culture conditions.

[0385] Methods for Producing and Modifying Ovary Tissue

[0386] In another aspect, the invention provides methods for producing engineered ovary tissue or cells. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of providing cells, introducing an OSNA or an OSG into the cells, and growing the cells under conditions in which they exhibit one or more properties of ovary tissue cells. In a preferred embodiment, the cells are pluripotent. As is well-known in the art, normal ovary tissue comprises a large number of different cell types. Thus, in one embodiment, the engineered ovary tissue or cells comprises one of these cell types. In another embodiment, the engineered ovary tissue or cells comprises more than one ovary cell type. Further, the culture conditions of the cells or tissue may require manipulation in order to achieve full differentiation and development of the ovary cell tissue. Methods for manipulating culture conditions are well-known in the art.

[0387] Nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more OSPs are introduced into cells, preferably pluripotent cells. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecules encode OSPs having amino acid sequences selected from SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or homologous proteins, analogs, allelic variants or fragments thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecules have a nucleotide sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, or hybridizing nucleic acids, allelic variants or parts thereof. In another highly preferred embodiment, an OSG is introduced into the cells. Expression vectors and methods of introducing nucleic acid molecules into cells are well-known in the art and are described in detail, supra.

[0388] Artificial ovary tissue may be used to treat patients who have lost some or all of their ovary function.

[0389] Pharmaceutical Compositions

[0390] In another aspect, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, antibodies, antibody derivatives, antibody fragments, agonists, antagonists, and inhibitors of the present invention. In a preferred embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises an OSNA or part thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the OSNA has a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, a nucleic acid that hybridizes thereto, an allelic variant thereof, or a nucleic acid that has substantial sequence identity thereto. In another preferred embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises an OSP or fragment thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the OSP having an amino acid sequence that is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, a polypeptide that is homologous thereto, a fusion protein comprising all or a portion of the polypeptide, or an analog or derivative thereof. In another preferred embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises an anti-OSP antibody, preferably an antibody that specifically binds to an OSP having an amino acid that is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or an antibody that binds to a polypeptide that is homologous thereto, a fusion protein comprising all or a portion of the polypeptide, or an analog or derivative thereof.

[0391] Such a composition typically contains from about 0.1 to 90% by weight of a therapeutic agent of the invention formulated in and/or with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.

[0392] Pharmaceutical formulation is a well-established art, and is further described in Gennaro (ed.), Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 20^(th) ed., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins (2000); Ansel et al., Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems, 7^(th) ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (1999); and Kibbe (ed.), Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients American Pharmaceutical Association, 3^(rd) ed. (2000), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties, and thus need not be described in detail herein.

[0393] Briefly, formulation of the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention will depend upon the route chosen for administration. The pharmaceutical compositions utilized in this invention can be administered by various routes including both enteral and parenteral routes, including oral, intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, inhalation, topical, sublingual, rectal, intra-arterial, intramedullary, intrathecal, intraventricular, transmucosal, transdermal, intranasal, intraperitoneal, intrapulmonary, and intrauterine.

[0394] Oral dosage forms can be formulated as tablets, pills, dragees, capsules, liquids, gels, syrups, slurries, suspensions, and the like, for ingestion by the patient.

[0395] Solid formulations of the compositions for oral administration can contain suitable carriers or excipients, such as carbohydrate or protein fillers, such as sugars, including lactose, sucrose, mannitol, or sorbitol; starch from corn, wheat, rice, potato, or other plants; cellulose, such as methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl-cellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, or microcrystalline cellulose; gums including arabic and tragacanth; proteins such as gelatin and collagen; inorganics, such as kaolin, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, sodium chloride; and other agents such as acacia and alginic acid.

[0396] Agents that facilitate disintegration and/or solubilization can be added, such as the cross-linked polyvinyl pyrrolidone, agar, alginic acid, or a salt thereof, such as sodium alginate, microcrystalline cellulose, corn starch, sodium starch glycolate, and alginic acid.

[0397] Tablet binders that can be used include acacia, methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone (Povidone™), hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, sucrose, starch and ethylcellulose.

[0398] Lubricants that can be used include magnesium stearates, stearic acid, silicone fluid, talc, waxes, oils, and colloidal silica.

[0399] Fillers, agents that facilitate disintegration and/or solubilization, tablet binders and lubricants, including the aforementioned, can be used singly or in combination.

[0400] Solid oral dosage forms need not be uniform throughout. For example, dragee cores can be used in conjunction with suitable coatings, such as concentrated sugar solutions, which can also contain gum arabic, talc, polyvinylpyrrolidone, carbopol gel, polyethylene glycol, and/or titanium dioxide, lacquer solutions, and suitable organic solvents or solvent mixtures.

[0401] Oral dosage forms of the present invention include push-fit capsules made of gelatin, as well as soft, sealed capsules made of gelatin and a coating, such as glycerol or sorbitol. Push-fit capsules can contain active ingredients mixed with a filler or binders, such as lactose or starches, lubricants, such as talc or magnesium stearate, and, optionally, stabilizers. In soft capsules, the active compounds can be dissolved or suspended in suitable liquids, such as fatty oils, liquid, or liquid polyethylene glycol with or without stabilizers.

[0402] Additionally, dyestuffs or pigments can be added to the tablets or dragee coatings for product identification or to characterize the quantity of active compound, i.e., dosage.

[0403] Liquid formulations of the pharmaceutical compositions for oral (enteral) administration are prepared in water or other aqueous vehicles and can contain various suspending agents such as methylcellulose, alginates, tragacanth, pectin, kelgin, carrageenan, acacia, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and polyvinyl alcohol. The liquid formulations can also include solutions, emulsions, syrups and elixirs containing, together with the active compound(s), wetting agents, sweeteners, and coloring and flavoring agents.

[0404] The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can also be formulated for parenteral administration. Formulations for parenteral administration can be in the form of aqueous or non-aqueous isotonic sterile injection solutions or suspensions.

[0405] For intravenous injection, water soluble versions of the compounds of the present invention are formulated in, or if provided as a lyophilate, mixed with, a physiologically acceptable fluid vehicle, such as 5% dextrose (“D5”), physiologically buffered saline, 0.9% saline, Hanks' solution, or Ringer's solution. Intravenous formulations may include carriers, excipients or stabilizers including, without limitation, calcium, human serum albumin, citrate, acetate, calcium chloride, carbonate, and other salts.

[0406] Intramuscular preparations, e.g. a sterile formulation of a suitable soluble salt form of the compounds of the present invention, can be dissolved and administered in a pharmaceutical excipient such as Water-for-Injection, 0.9% saline, or 5% glucose solution. Alternatively, a suitable insoluble form of the compound can be prepared and administered as a suspension in an aqueous base or a pharmaceutically acceptable oil base, such as an ester of a long chain fatty acid (e.g., ethyl oleate), fatty oils such as sesame oil, triglycerides, or liposomes.

[0407] Parenteral formulations of the compositions can contain various carriers such as vegetable oils, dimethylacetamide, dimethylformamide, ethyl lactate, ethyl carbonate, isopropyl myristate, ethanol, polyols (glycerol, propylene glycol, liquid polyethylene glycol, and the like).

[0408] Aqueous injection suspensions can also contain substances that increase the viscosity of the suspension, such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sorbitol, or dextran. Non-lipid polycationic amino polymers can also be used for delivery. Optionally, the suspension can also contain suitable stabilizers or agents that increase the solubility of the compounds to allow for the preparation of highly concentrated solutions.

[0409] Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can also be formulated to permit injectable, long-term, deposition. Injectable depot forms may be made by forming microencapsulated matrices of the compound in biodegradable polymers such as polylactide-polyglycolide. Depending upon the ratio of drug to polymer and the nature of the particular polymer employed, the rate of drug release can be controlled. Examples of other biodegradable polymers include poly(orthoesters) and poly(anhydrides). Depot injectable formulations are also prepared by entrapping the drug in microemulsions that are compatible with body tissues.

[0410] The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be administered topically.

[0411] For topical use the compounds of the present invention can also be prepared in suitable forms to be applied to the skin, or mucus membranes of the nose and throat, and can take the form of lotions, creams, ointments, liquid sprays or inhalants, drops, tinctures, lozenges, or throat paints. Such topical formulations further can include chemical compounds such as dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) to facilitate surface penetration of the active ingredient. In other transdermal formulations, typically in patch-delivered formulations, the pharmaceutically active compound is formulated with one or more skin penetrants, such as 2-N-methyl-pyrrolidone (NMP) or Azone. A topical semi-solid ointment formulation typically contains a concentration of the active ingredient from about 1 to 20%, e.g., 5 to 10%, in a carrier such as a pharmaceutical cream base.

[0412] For application to the eyes or ears, the compounds of the present invention can be presented in liquid or semi-liquid form formulated in hydrophobic or hydrophilic bases as ointments, creams, lotions, paints or powders.

[0413] For rectal administration the compounds of the present invention can be administered in the form of suppositories admixed with conventional carriers such as cocoa butter, wax or other glyceride.

[0414] Inhalation formulations can also readily be formulated. For inhalation, various powder and liquid formulations can be prepared. For aerosol preparations, a sterile formulation of the compound or salt form of the compound may be used in inhalers, such as metered dose inhalers, and nebulizers. Aerosolized forms may be especially useful for treating respiratory disorders.

[0415] Alternatively, the compounds of the present invention can be in powder form for reconstitution in the appropriate pharmaceutically acceptable carrier at the time of delivery.

[0416] The pharmaceutically active compound in the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be provided as the salt of a variety of acids, including but not limited to hydrochloric, sulfuric, acetic, lactic, tartaric, malic, and succinic acid. Salts tend to be more soluble in aqueous or other protonic solvents than are the corresponding free base forms.

[0417] After pharmaceutical compositions have been prepared, they are packaged in an appropriate container and labeled for treatment of an indicated condition.

[0418] The active compound will be present in an amount effective to achieve the intended purpose. The determination of an effective dose is well within the capability of those skilled in the art.

[0419] A “therapeutically effective dose” refers to that amount of active ingredient, for example OSP polypeptide, fusion protein, or fragments thereof, antibodies specific for OSP, agonists, antagonists or inhibitors of OSP, which ameliorates the signs or symptoms of the disease or prevents progression thereof, as would be understood in the medical arts, cure, although desired, is not required.

[0420] The therapeutically effective dose of the pharmaceutical agents of the present invention can be estimated initially by in vitro tests, such as cell culture assays, followed by assay in model animals, usually mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, or pigs. The animal model can also be used to determine an initial preferred concentration range and route of administration.

[0421] For example, the ED50 (the dose therapeutically effective in 50% of the population) and LD50 (the dose lethal to 50% of the population) can be determined in one or more cell culture of animal model systems. The dose ratio of toxic to therapeutic effects is the therapeutic index, which can be expressed as LD50/ED50. Pharmaceutical compositions that exhibit large therapeutic indices are preferred.

[0422] The data obtained from cell culture assays and animal studies are used in formulating an initial dosage range for human use, and preferably provide a range of circulating concentrations that includes the ED50 with little or no toxicity. After administration, or between successive administrations, the circulating concentration of active agent varies within this range depending upon pharmacokinetic factors well-known in the art, such as the dosage form employed, sensitivity of the patient, and the route of administration.

[0423] The exact dosage will be determined by the practitioner, in light of factors specific to the subject requiring treatment. Factors that can be taken into account by the practitioner include the severity of the disease state, general health of the subject, age, weight, gender of the subject, diet, time and frequency of administration, drug combination(s), reaction sensitivities, and tolerance/response to therapy. Long-acting pharmaceutical compositions can be administered every 3 to 4 days, every week, or once every two weeks depending on half-life and clearance rate of the particular formulation.

[0424] Normal dosage amounts may vary from 0.1 to 100,000 micrograms, up to a total dose of about 1 g, depending upon the route of administration. Where the therapeutic agent is a protein or antibody of the present invention, the therapeutic protein or antibody agent typically is administered at a daily dosage of 0.01 mg to 30 mg/kg of body weight of the patient (e.g., 1 mg/kg to 5 mg/kg). The pharmaceutical formulation can be administered in multiple doses per day, if desired, to achieve the total desired daily dose.

[0425] Guidance as to particular dosages and methods of delivery is provided in the literature and generally available to practitioners in the art. Those skilled in the art will employ different formulations for nucleotides than for proteins or their inhibitors. Similarly, delivery of polynucleotides or polypeptides will be specific to particular cells, conditions, locations, etc.

[0426] Conventional methods, known to those of ordinary skill in the art of medicine, can be used to administer the pharmaceutical formulation(s) of the present invention to the patient. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be administered alone, or in combination with other therapeutic agents or interventions.

[0427] Therapeutic Methods

[0428] The present invention further provides methods of treating subjects having defects in a gene of the invention, e.g., in expression, activity, distribution, localization, and/or solubility, which can manifest as a disorder of ovary function. As used herein, “treating” includes all medically-acceptable types of therapeutic intervention, including palliation and prophylaxis (prevention) of disease. The term “treating” encompasses any improvement of a disease, including minor improvements. These methods are discussed below.

[0429] Gene Therapy and Vaccines

[0430] The isolated nucleic acids of the present invention can also be used to drive in vivo expression of the polypeptides of the present invention. In vivo expression can be driven from a vector, typically a viral vector, often a vector based upon a replication incompetent retrovirus, an adenovirus, or an adeno-associated virus (AAV), for purpose of gene therapy. In vivo expression can also be driven from signals endogenous to the nucleic acid or from a vector, often a plasmid vector, such as pVAX1 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), for purpose of “naked” nucleic acid vaccination, as further described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,589,466; 5,679,647; 5,804,566; 5,830,877; 5,843,913; 5,880,104; 5,958,891; 5,985,847; 6,017,897; 6,110,898; and 6,204,250, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. For cancer therapy, it is preferred that the vector also be tumor-selective. See, e.g., Doronin et al., J. Virol. 75: 3314-24 (2001).

[0431] In another embodiment of the therapeutic methods of the present invention, a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a nucleic acid of the present invention is administered. The nucleic acid can be delivered in a vector that drives expression of an OSP, fusion protein, or fragment thereof, or without such vector. Nucleic acid compositions that can drive expression of an OSP are administered, for example, to complement a deficiency in the native OSP, or as DNA vaccines. Expression vectors derived from virus, replication deficient retroviruses, adenovirus, adeno-associated (AAV) virus, herpes virus, or vaccinia virus can be used as can plasmids. See, e.g., Cid-Arregui, supra. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes an OSP having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a fragment, fusion protein, allelic variant or homolog thereof.

[0432] In still other therapeutic methods of the present invention, pharmaceutical compositions comprising host cells that express an OSP, fusions, or fragments thereof can be administered. In such cases, the cells are typically autologous, so as to circumvent xenogeneic or allotypic rejection, and are administered to complement defects in OSP production or activity. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecules in the cells encode an OSP having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a fragment, fusion protein, allelic variant or homolog thereof.

[0433] Antisense Administration

[0434] Antisense nucleic acid compositions, or vectors that drive expression of an OSG antisense nucleic acid, are administered to downregulate transcription and/or translation of an OSG in circumstances in which excessive production, or production of aberrant protein, is the pathophysiologic basis of disease.

[0435] Antisense compositions useful in therapy can have a sequence that is complementary to coding or to noncoding regions of an OSG. For example, oligonucleotides derived from the transcription initiation site, e.g., between positions −10 and +10 from the start site, are preferred.

[0436] Catalytic antisense compositions, such as ribozymes, that are capable of sequence-specific hybridization to OSG transcripts, are also useful in therapy. See, e.g., Phylactou, Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 44(2-3): 97-108 (2000); Phylactou et al., Hum. Mol. Genet. 7(10): 1649-53 (1998); Rossi, Ciba Found. Symp. 209: 195-204 (1997); and Sigurdsson et al., Trends Biotechnol. 13(8): 286-9 (1995), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

[0437] Other nucleic acids useful in the therapeutic methods of the present invention are those that are capable of triplex helix formation in or near the OSG genomic locus. Such triplexing oligonucleotides are able to inhibit transcription. See, e.g., Intody et al, Nucleic Acids Res. 28(21): 4283-90 (2000); McGuffie et al., Cancer Res. 60(14): 3790-9 (2000), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such triplex forming oligos (TFOs) are administered in circumstances in which excessive production, or production of aberrant protein, is a pathophysiologic basis of disease.

[0438] In a preferred embodiment, the antisense molecule is derived from a nucleic acid molecule encoding an OSP, preferably an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a fragment, allelic variant or homolog thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the antisense molecule is derived from a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, or a part, allelic variant, substantially similar or hybridizing nucleic acid thereof.

[0439] Polypeptide Administration

[0440] In one embodiment of the therapeutic methods of the present invention, a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an OSP, a fusion protein, fragment, analog or derivative thereof is administered to a subject with a clinically-significant OSP defect.

[0441] Protein compositions are administered, for example, to complement a deficiency in native OSP. In other embodiments, protein compositions are administered as a vaccine to elicit a humoral and/or cellular immune response to OSP. The immune response can be used to modulate activity of OSP or, depending on the immunogen, to immunize against aberrant or aberrantly expressed forms, such as mutant or inappropriately expressed isoforms. In yet other embodiments, protein fusions having a toxic moiety are administered to ablate cells that aberrantly accumulate OSP.

[0442] In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a fusion protein, allelic variant, homolog, analog or derivative thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, or a part, allelic variant, substantially similar or hybridizing nucleic acid thereof.

[0443] Antibody, Agonist and Antagonist Administration

[0444] In another embodiment of the therapeutic methods of the present invention, a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibody (including fragment or derivative thereof) of the present invention is administered. As is well-known, antibody compositions are administered, for example, to antagonize activity of OSP, or to target therapeutic agents to sites of OSP presence and/or accumulation. In a preferred embodiment, the antibody specifically binds to an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a fusion protein, allelic variant, homolog, analog or derivative thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the antibody specifically binds to an OSP encoded by a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, or a part, allelic variant, substantially similar or hybridizing nucleic acid thereof.

[0445] The present invention also provides methods for identifying modulators which bind to an OSP or have a modulatory effect on the expression or activity of an OSP. Modulators which decrease the expression or activity of OSP (antagonists) are believed to be useful in treating ovarian cancer. Such screening assays are known to those of skill in the art and include, without limitation, cell-based assays and cell-free assays. Small molecules predicted via computer imaging to specifically bind to regions of an OSP can also be designed, synthesized and tested for use in the imaging and treatment of ovarian cancer. Further, libraries of molecules can be screened for potential anticancer agents by assessing the ability of the molecule to bind to the OSPs identified herein. Molecules identified in the library as being capable of binding to an OSP are key candidates for further evaluation for use in the treatment of ovarian cancer. In a preferred embodiment, these molecules will downregulate expression and/or activity of an OSP in cells.

[0446] In another embodiment of the therapeutic methods of the present invention, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a non-antibody antagonist of OSP is administered. Antagonists of OSP can be produced using methods generally known in the art. In particular, purified OSP can be used to screen libraries of pharmaceutical agents, often combinatorial libraries of small molecules, to identify those that specifically bind and antagonize at least one activity of an OSP.

[0447] In other embodiments a pharmaceutical composition comprising an agonist of an OSP is administered. Agonists can be identified using methods analogous to those used to identify antagonists.

[0448] In a preferred embodiment, the antagonist or agonist specifically binds to and antagonizes or agonizes, respectively, an OSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228, or a fusion protein, allelic variant, homolog, analog or derivative thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the antagonist or agonist specifically binds to and antagonizes or agonizes, respectively, an OSP encoded by a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118, or a part, allelic variant, substantially similar or hybridizing nucleic acid thereof.

[0449] Targeting Ovary Tissue

[0450] The invention also provides a method in which a polypeptide of the invention, or an antibody thereto, is linked to a therapeutic agent such that it can be delivered to the ovary or to specific cells in the ovary. In a preferred embodiment, an anti-OSP antibody is linked to a therapeutic agent and is administered to a patient in need of such therapeutic agent. The therapeutic agent may be a toxin, if ovary tissue needs to be selectively destroyed. This would be useful for targeting and killing ovarian cancer cells. In another embodiment, the therapeutic agent may be a growth or differentiation factor, which would be useful for promoting ovary cell function.

[0451] In another embodiment, an anti-OSP antibody may be linked to an imaging agent that can be detected using, e.g., magnetic resonance imaging, CT or PET. This would be useful for determining and monitoring ovary function, identifying ovarian cancer tumors, and identifying noncancerous ovarian diseases.

EXAMPLES Example 1

[0452] Gene Expression Analysis

[0453] OSGs were identified by a systematic analysis of gene expression data in the LIFESEQ® Gold database available from Incyte Genomics Inc (Palo Alto, Calif.) using the data mining software package CLASP™ (Candidate Lead Automatic Search Program). CLASP™ is a set of algorithms that interrogate Incyte's database to identify genes that are both specific to particular tissue types as well as differentially expressed in tissues from patients with cancer. LifeSeq® Gold contains information about which genes are expressed in various tissues in the body and about the dynamics of expression in both normal and diseased states. CLASP™ first sorts the LifeSeq® Gold database into defined tissue types, such as breast, ovary and prostate. CLASP™ categorizes each tissue sample by disease state. Disease states include “healthy,” “cancer,” “associated with cancer,” “other disease” and “other.” Categorizing the disease states improves our ability to identify tissue and cancer-specific molecular targets. CLASP™ then performs a simultaneous parallel search for genes that are expressed both (1) selectively in the defined tissue type compared to other tissue types and (2) differentially in the “cancer” disease state compared to the other disease states affecting the same, or different, tissues. This sorting is accomplished by using mathematical and statistical filters that specify the minimum change in expression levels and the minimum frequency that the differential expression pattern must be observed across the tissue samples for the gene to be considered statistically significant. The CLASP™ algorithm quantifies the relative abundance of a particular gene in each tissue type and in each disease state.

[0454] To find the OSGs of this invention, the following specific CLASP™ profiles were utilized: tissue-specific expression (CLASP 1), detectable expression only in cancer tissue (CLASP 2), and differential expression in cancer tissue (CLASP 5). cDNA libraries were divided into 60 unique tissue types (early versions of LifeSeq® had 48 tissue types). Genes or ESTs were grouped into “gene bins,” where each bin is a cluster of sequences grouped together where they share a common contig. The expression level for each gene bin was calculated for each tissue type. Differential expression significance was calculated with rigorous statistical significant testing taking into account variations in sample size and relative gene abundance in different libraries and within each library (for the equations used to determine statistically significant expression see Audic and Claverie “The significance of digital gene expression profiles,” Genome Res 7(10): 986-995 (1997), including Equation 1 on page 987 and Equation 2 on page 988, the contents of which are incorporated by reference). Differentially expressed tissue-specific genes were selected based on the percentage abundance level in the targeted tissue versus all the other tissues (tissue-specificity). The expression levels for each gene in libraries of normal tissues or non-tumor tissues from cancer patients were compared with the expression levels in tissue libraries associated with tumor or disease (cancer-specificity). The results were analyzed for statistical significance.

[0455] The selection of the target genes meeting the rigorous CLASP™ profile criteria were as follows:

[0456] (a) CLASP 1: tissue-specific expression: To qualify as a CLASP 1 candidate, a gene must exhibit statistically significant expression in the tissue of interest compared to all other tissues. Only if the gene exhibits such differential expression with a 90% of confidence level is it selected as a CLASP 1 candidate.

[0457] (b) CLASP 2: detectable expression only in cancer tissue: To qualify as a CLASP 2 candidate, a gene must exhibit detectable expression in tumor tissues and undetectable expression in libraries from normal individuals and libraries from normal tissue obtained from diseased patients. In addition, such a gene must also exhibit further specificity for the tumor tissues of interest.

[0458] (c) CLASP 5: differential expression in cancer tissue: To qualify as a CLASP 5 candidate, a gene must be differentially expressed in tumor libraries in the tissue of interest compared to normal libraries for all tissues. Only if the gene exhibits such differential expression with a 90% of confidence level is it selected as a CLASP 5 candidate. CLASP Expression percentage levels for DEX0277 genes DEX0277_111 SEQ ID NO: 111 OVR .001 LIV .0011 TST .0011 UNC .0011 DEX0277_53 SEQ ID NO: 53 OVR .001 LIV .0011 TST .0011 UNC .0011 DEX0277_79 SEQ ID NO: 79 BRN .0004 SPL .0021 LMN .0028 SYN .0028

[0459] Abbreviation for tissues:

[0460] BLO Blood; BRN Brain; CON Connective Tissue; CRD Heart; FTS Fetus; INL Intestine, Large; INS Intestine, Small; KID Kidney; LIV Liver; LNG Lung; MAM Breast; MSL Muscles; NRV Nervous Tissue; OVR Ovary; PRO Prostate; STO Stomach; THR Thyroid Gland; TNS Tonsil/Adenoids; UTR Uterus

Example 2

[0461] Relative Quantitation of Gene Expression

[0462] Real-Time quantitative PCR with fluorescent Taqman probes is a quantitation detection system utilizing the 5′-3′ nuclease activity of Taq DNA polymerase. The method uses an internal fluorescent oligonucleotide probe (Taqman) labeled with a 5′ reporter dye and a downstream, 3′ quencher dye. During PCR, the 5′-3′ nuclease activity of Taq DNA polymerase releases the reporter, whose fluorescence can then be detected by the laser detector of the Model 7700 Sequence Detection System (PE Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif., USA). Amplification of an endogenous control is used to standardize the amount of sample RNA added to the reaction and normalize for Reverse Transcriptase (RT) efficiency. Either cyclophilin, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), ATPase, or 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is used as this endogenous control. To calculate relative quantitation between all the samples studied, the target RNA levels for one sample were used as the basis for comparative results (calibrator). Quantitation relative to the “calibrator” can be obtained using the standard curve method or the comparative method (User Bulletin #2: ABI PRISM 7700 Sequence Detection System).

[0463] The tissue distribution and the level of the target gene are evaluated for every sample in normal and cancer tissues. Total RNA is extracted from normal tissues, cancer tissues, and from cancers and the corresponding matched adjacent tissues. Subsequently, first strand cDNA is prepared with reverse transcriptase and the polymerase chain reaction is done using primers and Taqman probes specific to each target gene. The results are analyzed using the ABI PRISM 7700 Sequence Detector. The absolute numbers are relative levels of expression of the target gene in a particular tissue compared to the calibrator tissue.

[0464] One of ordinary skill can design appropriate primers. The relative levels of expression of the OSNA versus normal tissues and other cancer tissues can then be determined. All the values are compared to normal thymus (calibrator). These RNA samples are commercially available pools, originated by pooling samples of a particular tissue from different individuals.

[0465] The relative levels of expression of the OSNA in pairs of matching samples and 1 cancer and 1 normal/normal adjacent of tissue may also be determined. All the values are compared to normal thymus (calibrator). A matching pair is formed by mRNA from the cancer sample for a particular tissue and mRNA from the normal adjacent sample for that same tissue from the same individual.

[0466] In the analysis of matching samples, the OSNAs that show a high degree of tissue specificity for the tissue of interest. These results confirm the tissue specificity results obtained with normal pooled samples.

[0467] Further, the level of mRNA expression in cancer samples and the isogenic normal adjacent tissue from the same individual are compared. This comparison provides an indication of specificity for the cancer stage (e.g. higher levels of mRNA expression in the cancer sample compared to the normal adjacent).

[0468] Altogether, the high level of tissue specificity, plus the mRNA overexpression in matching samples tested are indicative of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118 being a diagnostic marker for cancer.

Example 3 Protein Expression

[0469] The OSNA is amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the amplified DNA fragment encoding the OSNA is subcloned in pET-21d for expression in E. coli. In addition to the OSNA coding sequence, codons for two amino acids, Met-Ala, flanking the NH₂-terminus of the coding sequence of OSNA, and six histidines, flanking the COOH-terminus of the coding sequence of OSNA, are incorporated to serve as initiating Met/restriction site and purification tag, respectively.

[0470] An over-expressed protein band of the appropriate molecular weight may be observed on a Coomassie blue stained polyacrylamide gel. This protein band is confirmed by Western blot analysis using monoclonal antibody against 6×Histidine tag.

[0471] Large-scale purification of OSP was achieved using cell paste generated from 6-liter bacterial cultures, and purified using immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). Soluble fractions that had been separated from total cell lysate were incubated with a nickle chelating resin. The column was packed and washed with five column volumes of wash buffer. OSP was eluted stepwise with various concentration imidazole buffers.

Example 4

[0472] Protein Fusions

[0473] Briefly, the human Fc portion of the IgG molecule can be PCR amplified, using primers that span the 5′ and 3′ ends of the sequence described below. These primers also should have convenient restriction enzyme sites that will facilitate cloning into an expression vector, preferably a mammalian expression vector. For example, if pC4 (Accession No. 209646) is used, the human Fc portion can be ligated into the BamHI cloning site. Note that the 3′ BamHI site should be destroyed. Next, the vector containing the human Fc portion is re-restricted with BamHI, linearizing the vector, and a polynucleotide of the present invention, isolated by the PCR protocol described in Example 2, is ligated into this BamHI site. Note that the polynucleotide is cloned without a stop codon, otherwise a fusion protein will not be produced. If the naturally occurring signal sequence is used to produce the secreted protein, pC4 does not need a second signal peptide. Alternatively, if the naturally occurring signal sequence is not used, the vector can be modified to include a heterologous signal sequence. See, e.g., WO 96/34891.

Example 5 Production of an Antibody from a Polypeptide

[0474] In general, such procedures involve immunizing an animal (preferably a mouse) with polypeptide or, more preferably, with a secreted polypeptide-expressing cell. Such cells may be cultured in any suitable tissue culture medium; however, it is preferable to culture cells in Earle's modified Eagle's medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (inactivated at about 56° C.), and supplemented with about 10 g/1 of nonessential amino acids, about 1,000 U/ml of penicillin, and about 100, μg/ml of streptomycin. The splenocytes of such mice are extracted and fused with a suitable myeloma cell line. Any suitable myeloma cell line may be employed in accordance with the present invention; however, it is preferable to employ the parent myeloma cell line (SP20), available from the ATCC. After fusion, the resulting hybridoma cells are selectively maintained in HAT medium, and then cloned by limiting dilution as described by Wands et al., Gastroenterology 80: 225-232 (1981).

[0475] The hybridoma cells obtained through such a selection are then assayed to identify clones which secrete antibodies capable of binding the polypeptide. Alternatively, additional antibodies capable of binding to the polypeptide can be produced in a two-step procedure using anti-idiotypic antibodies. Such a method makes use of the fact that antibodies are themselves antigens, and therefore, it is possible to obtain an antibody which binds to a second antibody. In accordance with this method, protein specific antibodies are used to immunize an animal, preferably a mouse. The splenocytes of such an animal are then used to produce hybridoma cells, and the hybridoma cells are screened to identify clones which produce an antibody whose ability to bind to the protein-specific antibody can be blocked by the polypeptide. Such antibodies comprise anti-idiotypic antibodies to the protein specific antibody and can be used to immunize an animal to induce formation of further protein-specific antibodies. Using the Jameson-Wolf methods the following epitopes were predicted. (Jameson and Wolf, CABIOS, 4(1), 181-186, 1988, the contents of which are incorporated by reference).

[0476] Based on the nucleotide sequences found by mRNA substractions the following extended nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences were determined.

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NO0125_(—)30 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)145 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)37 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)31 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)146 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)38 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)32 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)147 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)39 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)33 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)148 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)40 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)34 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)149 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)41 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)35 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)150 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)42 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)36 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)151 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)43 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)37 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)152 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)44 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)38 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)153 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)45 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)39 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)155 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)46 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)40 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)47 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)41 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)156 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)48 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)42 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)157 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)49 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)43 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)158 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)50 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)44 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)160 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)51 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)45 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)162 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)52 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)46 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)163 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)53 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)46 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)164 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)54 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)47 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)165 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)55 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)48 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)166 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)56 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)49 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)57 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)50 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)167 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)58 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)50 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)168 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)59 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)51 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)60 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)52 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)61 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)53 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)169 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)62 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)54 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)63 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)55 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)170 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)64 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)55 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)171 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)65 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)56 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)172 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)66 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)57 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)173 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)67 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)58 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)68 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)59 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)174 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)69 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)60 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)175 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)70 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)61 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)176 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)71 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)62 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)177 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)72 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)63 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)178 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)73 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)64 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)74 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)65 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)181 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)75 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)66 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)183 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)76 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)66 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)184 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)77 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)67 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)185 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)78 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)68 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)186 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)79 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)68 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)187 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)80 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)69 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)81 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)70 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)188 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)82 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)70 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)189 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)83 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)71 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)190 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)84 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)72 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)191 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)85 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)73 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)192 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)86 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)74 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)193 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)87 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)75 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)194 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)88 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)76 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)196 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)89 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)77 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)197 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)90 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)77 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)198 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)91 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)78 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)199 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)92 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)78 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)93 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)79 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)94 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)80 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)201 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)95 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)81 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)202 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)96 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)81 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)203 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)97 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)82 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)98 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)82 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)204 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)99 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)83 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)205 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)100 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)83 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)206 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)101 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)84 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)207 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)102 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)85 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)103 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)86 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)209 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)104 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)87 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)211 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)105 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)88 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)212 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)106 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)89 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)213 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)107 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)90 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)215 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)108 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)91 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)216 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)109 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)92 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)217 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)110 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)93 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)218 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)111 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)93 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)219 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)112 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)94 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)220 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)113 flex SEQ ID NO0125_(—)94 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)221 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)114 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)95 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)222 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)115 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)96 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)224 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)116 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)97 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)226 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)117 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)98 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)227 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)118 SEQ ID NO0125_(—)99 SEQ ID NO0277_(—)228

[0478] The following Jamison-Wolf antigenic sites were also determined. Antigenicity Index(Jameson-Wolf) positions AI avg length DEX0277_121  79-112 1.07 34 115-179 1.03 65 DEX0277_131  22-32 1.10 11 DEX0277_143  39-52 1.22 14 DEX0277_144  7-28 1.04 22 DEX0277_147  19-31 1.08 13  37-48 1.07 12 DEX0277_148  57-78 1.06 22 DEX0277_149  2-15 1.12 14 DEX0277_150  3-16 1.13 14 DEX0277_153  4-21 1.03 18 DEX0277_154  27-37 1.12 11 DEX0277_155  19-43 1.10 25  61-72 1.02 12 DEX0277_159  23-38 1.05 16 DEX0277_160  56-68 1.05 13 DEX0277_161  60-70 1.01 11 DEX0277_163  15-24 1.19 10 DEX0277_164  60-71 1.09 12 DEX0277_166  66-77 1.23 12  37-61 1.10 25 DEX0277_168 126-142 1.13 17 456-468 1.05 13 DEX0277_172  43-63 1.28 21  25-38 1.26 14  5-20 1.12 16 DEX0277_176  32-51 1.15 20 DEX0277_179 105-135 1.07 31 DEX0277_181  59-73 1.17 15 DEX0277_183  49-63 1.03 15 DEX0277_184  54-91 1.11 38 DEX0277_187  23-53 1.08 31 DEX0277_188  15-44 1.14 30 DEX0277_189 308-320 1.26 13 674-696 1.08 23  63-78 1.08 16 254-266 1.07 13 441-451 1.07 11 707-728 1.01 22 DEX0277_190  4-26 1.03 23 DEX0277_193  26-51 1.26 26 DEX0277_194  14-27 1.24 14 DEX0277_197  81-92 1.03 12  15-36 1.02 22 DEX0277_198  39-52 1.15 14 DEX0277_202  25-49 1.05 25 DEX0277_204  35-73 1.21 39 169-193 1.14 25  91-107 1.09 17 114-149 1.04 36 DEX0277_206  13-22 1.14 10 DEX0277_207  15-44 1.14 30  61-89 1.06 29 116-130 1.06 15 DEX0277_215  23-33 1.30 11  61-86 1.10 26 DEX0277_216  62-75 1.10 14 DEX0277_218  15-24 1.19 10 DEX0277_219  60-71 1.09 12 DEX0277_220  2-16 1.04 15 DEX0277_221 353-366 1.15 14  67-85 1.01 19 DEX0277_222  27-73 1.11 47 DEX0277_224  14-27 1.24 14 DEX0277_228  3-29 1.04 27

[0479] In addition, the following helical regions were predicted. DEX0277_123 PredHel = 2 Topology = o26-48i55-74o DEX0277_132 PredHel = 1 Topology = o10-27i DEX0277_140 PredHel = 7 Topology = o37-59i72-94o120-1442i149- 171o205-227i240-262o282-304i DEX0277_145 PredHel = 2 Topology = o5-27i75-97o DEX0277_148 PredHel = 1 Topology = o10-29i DEX0277_156 PredHel = 3 Topology = o4-23i36-55o59-78i DEX0277_157 PredHel = 4 Topology = i13-35o55-77i79-101o116- 138i DEX0277_160 PredHel = 1 Topology = i7-29o DEX0277_161 PredHel = 1 Topology = o5-23i DEX0277_164 PredHel = 1 Topology = o15-37i DEX0277_168 PredHel = 2 Topology = i274-296o411-433i DEX0277_170 PredHel = 1 Topology = i13-35o DEX0277_186 PredHel = 1 Topology = o10-29i DEX0277_190 PredHel = 1 Topology = i30-52o DEX0277_192 PredHel = 1 Topology = i7-24o DEX0277_196 PredHel = 1 Topology = i45-67o DEX0277_199 PredHel = 3 Topology = i2-24o28-45i52-74o DEX0277_213 PredHel = 3 Topology = i44-66o81-103i105-127o DEX0277_219 PredHel = 1 Topology = o15-37i

Example 6 Method of Determining Alterations in a Gene Corresponding to a Polynucleotide

[0480] RNA is isolated from individual patients or from a family of individuals that have a phenotype of interest. cDNA is then generated from these RNA samples using protocols known in the art. See, Sambrook (2001), supra. The cDNA is then used as a template for PCR, employing primers surrounding regions of interest in SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118. Suggested PCR conditions consist of 35 cycles at 95° C. for 30 seconds; 60-120 seconds at 52-58° C.; and 60-120 seconds at 70° C., using buffer solutions described in Sidransky et al., Science 252(5006): 706-9 (1991). See also Sidransky et al., Science 278(5340): 1054-9 (1997).

[0481] PCR products are then sequenced using primers labeled at their 5′ end with T4 polynucleotide kinase, employing SequiTherm Polymerase. (Epicentre Technologies). The intron-exon borders of selected exons is also determined and genomic PCR products analyzed to confirm the results. PCR products harboring suspected mutations are then cloned and sequenced to validate the results of the direct sequencing. PCR products is cloned into T-tailed vectors as described in Holton et al., Nucleic Acids Res., 19: 1156 (1991) and sequenced with T7 polymerase (United States Biochemical). Affected individuals are identified by mutations not present in unaffected individuals.

[0482] Genomic rearrangements may also be determined. Genomic clones are nick-translated with digoxigenin deoxyuridine 5′ triphosphate (Boehringer Manheim), and FISH is performed as described in Johnson et al., Methods Cell Biol. 35: 73-99 (1991). Hybridization with the labeled probe is carried out using a vast excess of human cot-1 DNA for specific hybridization to the corresponding genomic locus.

[0483] Chromosomes are counterstained with 4,6-diamino-2-phenylidole and propidium iodide, producing a combination of C-and R-bands. Aligned images for precise mapping are obtained using a triple-band filter set (Chroma Technology, Brattleboro, Vt.) in combination with a cooled charge-coupled device camera (Photometrics, Tucson, Ariz.) and variable excitation wavelength filters. Id. Image collection, analysis and chromosomal fractional length measurements are performed using the ISee Graphical Program System. (Inovision Corporation, Durham, N.C.) Chromosome alterations of the genomic region hybridized by the probe are identified as insertions, deletions, and translocations. These alterations are used as a diagnostic marker for an associated disease.

Example 7 Method of Detecting Abnormal Levels of a Polypeptide in a Biological Sample

[0484] Antibody-sandwich ELISAs are used to detect polypeptides in a sample, preferably a biological sample. Wells of a microtiter plate are coated with specific antibodies, at a final concentration of 0.2 to 10 μg/ml. The antibodies are either monoclonal or polyclonal and are produced by the method described above. The wells are blocked so that non-specific binding of the polypeptide to the well is reduced. The coated wells are then incubated for >2 hours at RT with a sample containing the polypeptide. Preferably, serial dilutions of the sample should be used to validate results.

[0485] The plates are then washed three times with deionized or distilled water to remove unbound polypeptide. Next, 50 μl of specific antibody-alkaline phosphatase conjugate, at a concentration of 25-400 ng, is added and incubated for 2 hours at room temperature. The plates are again washed three times with deionized or distilled water to remove unbound conjugate. 75 μl of 4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate (MUP) or p-nitrophenyl phosphate (NPP) substrate solution are added to each well and incubated 1 hour at room temperature.

[0486] The reaction is measured by a microtiter plate reader. A standard curve is prepared, using serial dilutions of a control sample, and polypeptide concentrations are plotted on the X-axis (log scale) and fluorescence or absorbance on the Y-axis (linear scale). The concentration of the polypeptide in the sample is calculated using the standard curve.

Example 8 Formulating a Polypeptide

[0487] The secreted polypeptide composition will be formulated and dosed in a fashion consistent with good medical practice, taking into account the clinical condition of the individual patient (especially the side effects of treatment with the secreted polypeptide alone), the site of delivery, the method of administration, the scheduling of administration, and other factors known to practitioners. The “effective amount” for purposes herein is thus determined by such considerations.

[0488] As a general proposition, the total pharmaceutically effective amount of secreted polypeptide administered parenterally per dose will be in the range of about 1 , μg/kg/day to 10 mg/kg/day of patient body weight, although, as noted above, this will be subject to therapeutic discretion. More preferably, this dose is at least 0.01 mg/kg/day, and most preferably for humans between about 0.01 and 1 mg/kg/day for the hormone. If given continuously, the secreted polypeptide is typically administered at a dose rate of about 1 μg/kg/hour to about 50 mg/kg/hour, either by 1-4 injections per day or by continuous subcutaneous infusions, for example, using a mini-pump. An intravenous bag solution may also be employed. The length of treatment needed to observe changes and the interval following treatment for responses to occur appears to vary depending on the desired effect.

[0489] Pharmaceutical compositions containing the secreted protein of the invention are administered orally, rectally, parenterally, intracistemally, intravaginally, intraperitoneally, topically (as by powders, ointments, gels, drops or transdermal patch), bucally, or as an oral or nasal spray. “Pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to a non-toxic solid, semisolid or liquid filler, diluent, encapsulating material or formulation auxiliary of any type. The term “parenteral” as used herein refers to modes of administration which include intravenous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intrasternal, subcutaneous and intraarticular injection and infusion.

[0490] The secreted polypeptide is also suitably administered by sustained-release systems. Suitable examples of sustained-release compositions include semipermeable polymer matrices in the form of shaped articles, e.g., films, or microcapsules. Sustained-release matrices include polylactides (U.S. Pat. No. 3,773,919, EP 58,481), copolymers of L-glutamic acid and gamma-ethyl-L-glutamate (Sidman, U. et al., Biopolymers 22: 547-556 (1983)), poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (R. Langer et al., J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 15: 167-277 (1981), and R. Langer, Chem. Tech. 12: 98-105 (1982)), ethylene vinyl acetate (R. Langer et al.) or poly-D-(−)-3-hydroxybutyric acid (EP 133,988). Sustained-release compositions also include liposomally entrapped polypeptides. Liposomes containing the secreted polypeptide are prepared by methods known per se: DE Epstein et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82: 3688-3692 (1985); Hwang et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 77: 4030-4034 (1980); EP 52,322; EP 36,676; EP 88,046; EP 143,949; EP 142,641; Japanese Pat. Appl. 83-118008; U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,485,045 and 4,544,545; and EP 102,324. Ordinarily, the liposomes are of the small (about 200-800 Angstroms) unilamellar type in which the lipid content is greater than about 30 mol. percent cholesterol, the selected proportion being adjusted for the optimal secreted polypeptide therapy.

[0491] For parenteral administration, in one embodiment, the secreted polypeptide is formulated generally by mixing it at the desired degree of purity, in a unit dosage injectable form (solution, suspension, or emulsion), with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, I.e., one that is non-toxic to recipients at the dosages and concentrations employed and is compatible with other ingredients of the formulation.

[0492] For example, the formulation preferably does not include oxidizing agents and other compounds that are known to be deleterious to polypeptides. Generally, the formulations are prepared by contacting the polypeptide uniformly and intimately with liquid carriers or finely divided solid carriers or both. Then, if necessary, the product is shaped into the desired formulation. Preferably the carrier is a parenteral carrier, more preferably a solution that is isotonic with the blood of the recipient. Examples of such carrier vehicles include water, saline, Ringer's solution, and dextrose solution. Non-aqueous vehicles such as fixed oils and ethyl oleate are also useful herein, as well as liposomes.

[0493] The carrier suitably contains minor amounts of additives such as substances that enhance isotonicity and chemical stability. Such materials are non-toxic to recipients at the dosages and concentrations employed, and include buffers such as phosphate, citrate, succinate, acetic acid, and other organic acids or their salts; antioxidants such as ascorbic acid; low molecular weight (less than about ten residues) polypeptides, e.g., polyarginine or tripeptides; proteins, such as serum albumin, gelatin, or immunoglobulins; hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone; amino acids, such as glycine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, or arginine; monosaccharides, disaccharides, and other carbohydrates including cellulose or its derivatives, glucose, manose, or dextrins; chelating agents such as EDTA; sugar alcohols such as mannitol or sorbitol; counterions such as sodium; and/or nonionic surfactants such as polysorbates, poloxamers, or PEG.

[0494] The secreted polypeptide is typically formulated in such vehicles at a concentration of about 0.1 mg/ml to 100 mg/ml, preferably 1-10 mg/ml, at a pH of about 3 to 8. It will be understood that the use of certain of the foregoing excipients, carriers, or stabilizers will result in the formation of polypeptide salts.

[0495] Any polypeptide to be used for therapeutic administration can be sterile. Sterility is readily accomplished by filtration through sterile filtration membranes (e.g., 0.2 micron membranes). Therapeutic polypeptide compositions generally are placed into a container having a sterile access port, for example, an intravenous solution bag or vial having a stopper pierceable by a hypodermic injection needle.

[0496] Polypeptides ordinarily will be stored in unit or multi-dose containers, for example, sealed ampules or vials, as an aqueous solution or as a lyophilized formulation for reconstitution. As an example of a lyophilized formulation, 10-ml vials are filled with 5 ml of sterile-filtered 1% (w/v) aqueous polypeptide solution, and the resulting mixture is lyophilized. The infusion solution is prepared by reconstituting the lyophilized polypeptide using bacteriostatic Water-for-Injection.

[0497] The invention also provides a pharmaceutical pack or kit comprising one or more containers filled with one or more of the ingredients of the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention. Associated with such container (s) can be a notice in the form prescribed by a governmental agency regulating the manufacture, use or sale of pharmaceuticals or biological products, which notice reflects approval by the agency of manufacture, use or sale for human administration. In addition, the polypeptides of the present invention may be employed in conjunction with other therapeutic compounds.

Example 9 Method of Treating Decreased Levels of the Polypeptide

[0498] It will be appreciated that conditions caused by a decrease in the standard or normal expression level of a secreted protein in an individual can be treated by administering the polypeptide of the present invention, preferably in the secreted form. Thus, the invention also provides a method of treatment of an individual in need of an increased level of the polypeptide comprising administering to such an individual a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of the polypeptide to increase the activity level of the polypeptide in such an individual.

[0499] For example, a patient with decreased levels of a polypeptide receives a daily dose 0.1-100 μg/kg of the polypeptide for six consecutive days. Preferably, the polypeptide is in the secreted form. The exact details of the dosing scheme, based on administration and formulation, are provided above.

Example 10 Method of Treating Increased Levels of the Polypeptide

[0500] Antisense technology is used to inhibit production of a polypeptide of the present invention. This technology is one example of a method of decreasing levels of a polypeptide, preferably a secreted form, due to a variety of etiologies, such as cancer.

[0501] For example, a patient diagnosed with abnormally increased levels of a polypeptide is administered intravenously antisense polynucleotides at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 mg/kg day for 21 days. This treatment is repeated after a 7-day rest period if the treatment was well tolerated. The formulation of the antisense polynucleotide is provided above.

Example 11 Method of Treatment Using Gene Therapy

[0502] One method of gene therapy transplants fibroblasts, which are capable of expressing a polypeptide, onto a patient. Generally, fibroblasts are obtained from a subject by skin biopsy. The resulting tissue is placed in tissue-culture medium and separated into small pieces. Small chunks of the tissue are placed on a wet surface of a tissue culture flask, approximately ten pieces are placed in each flask. The flask is turned upside down, closed tight and left at room temperature over night. After 24 hours at room temperature, the flask is inverted and the chunks of tissue remain fixed to the bottom of the flask and fresh media (e.g., Ham's F12 media, with 10% FBS, penicillin and streptomycin) is added. The flasks are then incubated at 37° C. for approximately one week.

[0503] At this time, fresh media is added and subsequently changed every several days. After an additional two weeks in culture, a monolayer of fibroblasts emerge. The monolayer is trypsinized and scaled into larger flasks. pMV-7 (Kirschmeier, P. T. et al., DNA, 7: 219-25 (1988)), flanked by the long terminal repeats of the Moloney murine sarcoma virus, is digested with EcoRI and HindIII and subsequently treated with calf intestinal phosphatase. The linear vector is fractionated on agarose gel and purified, using glass beads.

[0504] The cDNA encoding a polypeptide of the present invention can be amplified using PCR primers which correspond to the 5′and 3′end sequences respectively as set forth in Example 1. Preferably, the 5′primer contains an EcoRI site and the 3′primer includes a HindIII site. Equal quantities of the Moloney murine sarcoma virus linear backbone and the amplified EcoRI and HindIII fragment are added together, in the presence of T4 DNA ligase. The resulting mixture is maintained under conditions appropriate for ligation of the two fragments. The ligation mixture is then used to transform bacteria HB 101, which are then plated onto agar containing kanamycin for the purpose of confirming that the vector has the gene of interest properly inserted.

[0505] The amphotropic pA317 or GP+am12 packaging cells are grown in tissue culture to confluent density in Dulbecco's Modified Eagles Medium (DMEM) with 10% calf serum (CS), penicillin and streptomycin. The MSV vector containing the gene is then added to the media and the packaging cells transduced with the vector. The packaging cells now produce infectious viral particles containing the gene (the packaging cells are now referred to as producer cells).

[0506] Fresh media is added to the transduced producer cells, and subsequently, the media is harvested from a 10 cm plate of confluent producer cells. The spent media, containing the infectious viral particles, is filtered through a millipore filter to remove detached producer cells and this media is then used to infect fibroblast cells. Media is removed from a sub-confluent plate of fibroblasts and quickly replaced with the media from the producer cells. This media is removed and replaced with fresh media.

[0507] If the titer of virus is high, then virtually all fibroblasts will be infected and no selection is required. If the titer is very low, then it is necessary to use a retroviral vector that has a selectable marker, such as neo or his. Once the fibroblasts have been efficiently infected, the fibroblasts are analyzed to determine whether protein is produced.

[0508] The engineered fibroblasts are then transplanted onto the host, either alone or after having been grown to confluence on cytodex 3 microcarrier beads.

Example 12 Method of Treatment Using Gene Therapy-In Vivo

[0509] Another aspect of the present invention is using in vivo gene therapy methods to treat disorders, diseases and conditions. The gene therapy method relates to the introduction of naked nucleic acid (DNA, RNA, and antisense DNA or RNA) sequences into an animal to increase or decrease the expression of the polypeptide.

[0510] The polynucleotide of the present invention may be operatively linked to a promoter or any other genetic elements necessary for the expression of the polypeptide by the target tissue. Such gene therapy and delivery techniques and methods are known in the art, see, for example, WO 90/11092, WO 98/11779; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,693,622; 5,705,151; 5,580,859; Tabata H. et al. (1997) Cardiovasc. Res. 35 (3): 470-479, Chao J. et al. (1997) Pharmacol. Res. 35 (6): 517-522, Wolff J. A. (1997) Neuromuscul. Disord. 7 (5): 314-318, Schwartz B. et al. (1996) Gene Ther. 3 (5): 405-411, Tsurumi Y. et al. (1996) Circulation 94 (12): 3281-3290 (incorporated herein by reference).

[0511] The polynucleotide constructs may be delivered by any method that delivers injectable materials to the cells of an animal, such as, injection into the interstitial space of tissues (heart, muscle, skin, lung, liver, intestine and the like). The polynucleotide constructs can be delivered in a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid or aqueous carrier.

[0512] The term “naked” polynucleotide, DNA or RNA, refers to sequences that are free from any delivery vehicle that acts to assist, promote, or facilitate entry into the cell, including viral sequences, viral particles, liposome formulations, lipofectin or precipitating agents and the like. However, the polynucleotides of the present invention may also be delivered in liposome formulations (such as those taught in Felgner P. L. et al. (1995) Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 772: 126-139 and Abdallah B. et al. (1995) Biol. Cell 85 (1): 1-7) which can be prepared by methods well known to those skilled in the art.

[0513] The polynucleotide vector constructs used in the gene therapy method are preferably constructs that will not integrate into the host genome nor will they contain sequences that allow for replication. Any strong promoter known to those skilled in the art can be used for driving the expression of DNA. Unlike other gene therapies techniques, one major advantage of introducing naked nucleic acid sequences into target cells is the transitory nature of the polynucleotide synthesis in the cells. Studies have shown that non-replicating DNA sequences can be introduced into cells to provide production of the desired polypeptide for periods of up to six months.

[0514] The polynucleotide construct can be delivered to the interstitial space of tissues within the an animal, including of muscle, skin, brain, lung, liver, spleen, bone marrow, thymus, heart, lymph, blood, bone, cartilage, pancreas, kidney, gall bladder, stomach, intestine, testis, ovary, uterus, rectum, nervous system, eye, gland, and connective tissue. Interstitial space of the tissues comprises the intercellular fluid, mucopolysaccharide matrix among the reticular fibers of organ tissues, elastic fibers in the walls of vessels or chambers, collagen fibers of fibrous tissues, or that same matrix within connective tissue ensheathing muscle cells or in the lacunae of bone. It is similarly the space occupied by the plasma of the circulation and the lymph fluid of the lymphatic channels. Delivery to the interstitial space of muscle tissue is preferred for the reasons discussed below. They may be conveniently delivered by injection into the tissues comprising these cells. They are preferably delivered to and expressed in persistent, non-dividing cells which are differentiated, although delivery and expression may be achieved in non-differentiated or less completely differentiated cells, such as, for example, stem cells of blood or skin fibroblasts. In vivo muscle cells are particularly competent in their ability to take up and express polynucleotides.

[0515] For the naked polynucleotide injection, an effective dosage amount of DNA or RNA will be in the range of from about 0.05 μg/kg body weight to about 50 mg/kg body weight. Preferably the dosage will be from about 0.005 mg/kg to about 20 mg/kg and more preferably from about 0.05 mg/kg to about 5 mg/kg. Of course, as the artisan of ordinary skill will appreciate, this dosage will vary according to the tissue site of injection. The appropriate and effective dosage of nucleic acid sequence can readily be determined by those of ordinary skill in the art and may depend on the condition being treated and the route of administration. The preferred route of administration is by the parenteral route of injection into the interstitial space of tissues. However, other parenteral routes may also be used, such as, inhalation of an aerosol formulation particularly for delivery to lungs or bronchial tissues, throat or mucous membranes of the nose. In addition, naked polynucleotide constructs can be delivered to arteries during angioplasty by the catheter used in the procedure.

[0516] The dose response effects of injected polynucleotide in muscle in vivo is determined as follows. Suitable template DNA for production of mRNA coding for polypeptide of the present invention is prepared in accordance with a standard recombinant DNA methodology. The template DNA, which may be either circular or linear, is either used as naked DNA or complexed with liposomes. The quadriceps muscles of mice are then injected with various amounts of the template DNA.

[0517] Five to six week old female and male Balb/C mice are anesthetized by intraperitoneal injection with 0.3 ml of 2.5% Avertin. A 1.5 cm incision is made on the anterior thigh, and the quadriceps muscle is directly visualized. The template DNA is injected in 0.1 ml of carrier in a 1 cc syringe through a 27 gauge needle over one minute, approximately 0.5 cm from the distal insertion site of the muscle into the knee and about 0.2 cm deep. A suture is placed over the injection site for future localization, and the skin is closed with stainless steel clips.

[0518] After an appropriate incubation time (e.g., 7 days) muscle extracts are prepared by excising the entire quadriceps. Every fifth 15 um cross-section of the individual quadriceps muscles is histochemically stained for protein expression. A time course for protein expression may be done in a similar fashion except that quadriceps from different mice are harvested at different times. Persistence of DNA in muscle following injection may be determined by Southern blot analysis after preparing total cellular DNA and HIRT supernatants from injected and control mice.

[0519] The results of the above experimentation in mice can be use to extrapolate proper dosages and other treatment parameters in humans and other animals using naked DNA.

Example 13 Transgenic Animals

[0520] The polypeptides of the invention can also be expressed in transgenic animals. Animals of any species, including, but not limited to, mice, rats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, pigs, micro-pigs, goats, sheep, cows and non-human primates, e.g., baboons, monkeys, and chimpanzees may be used to generate transgenic animals. In a specific embodiment, techniques described herein or otherwise known in the art, are used to express polypeptides of the invention in humans, as part of a gene therapy protocol.

[0521] Any technique known in the art may be used to introduce the transgene (i.e., polynucleotides of the invention) into animals to produce the founder lines of transgenic animals. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, pronuclear microinjection (Paterson et al., Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40: 691-698 (1994); Carver et al., Biotechnology (NY) 11: 1263-1270 (1993); Wright et al., Biotechnology (NY) 9: 830-834 (1991); and Hoppe et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,191 (1989)); retrovirus mediated gene transfer into germ lines (Van der Putten et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 82: 6148-6152 (1985)), blastocysts or embryos; gene targeting in embryonic stem cells (Thompson et al., Cell 56: 313-321 (1989)); electroporation of cells or embryos (Lo, 1983, Mol Cell. Biol. 3: 1803-1814 (1983)); introduction of the polynucleotides of the invention using a gene gun (see, e.g., Ulmer et al., Science 259: 1745 (1993); introducing nucleic acid constructs into embryonic pleuripotent stem cells and transferring the stem cells back into the blastocyst; and sperm mediated gene transfer (Lavitrano et al., Cell 57: 717-723 (1989); etc. For a review of such techniques, see Gordon, “Transgenic Animals,” Intl. Rev. Cytol. 115: 171-229 (1989), which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

[0522] Any technique known in the art may be used to produce transgenic clones containing polynucleotides of the invention, for example, nuclear transfer into enucleated oocytes of nuclei from cultured embryonic, fetal, or adult cells induced to quiescence (Campell et al., Nature 380: 64-66 (1996); Wilmut et al., Nature 385: 810813 (1997)).

[0523] The present invention provides for transgenic animals that carry the transgene in all their cells, as well as animals which carry the transgene in some, but not all their cells, I.e., mosaic animals or chimeric. The transgene may be integrated as a single transgene or as multiple copies such as in concatamers, e.g., head-to-head tandems or head-to-tail tandems. The transgene may also be selectively introduced into and activated in a particular cell type by following, for example, the teaching of Lasko et al. (Lasko et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 6232-6236 (1992)). The regulatory sequences required for such a cell-type specific activation will depend upon the particular cell type of interest, and will be apparent to those of skill in the art. When it is desired that the polynucleotide transgene be integrated into the chromosomal site of the endogenous gene, gene targeting is preferred. Briefly, when such a technique is to be utilized, vectors containing some nucleotide sequences homologous to the endogenous gene are designed for the purpose of integrating, via homologous recombination with chromosomal sequences, into and disrupting the function of the nucleotide sequence of the endogenous gene. The transgene may also be selectively introduced into a particular cell type, thus inactivating the endogenous gene in only that cell type, by following, for example, the teaching of Gu et al. (Gu et al., Science 265: 103-106 (1994)). The regulatory sequences required for such a cell-type specific inactivation will depend upon the particular cell type of interest, and will be apparent to those of skill in the art.

[0524] Once transgenic animals have been generated, the expression of the recombinant gene may be assayed utilizing standard techniques. Initial screening may be accomplished by Southern blot analysis or PCR techniques to analyze animal tissues to verify that integration of the transgene has taken place. The level of mRNA expression of the transgene in the tissues of the transgenic animals may also be assessed using techniques which include, but are not limited to, Northern blot analysis of tissue samples obtained from the animal, in situ hybridization analysis, and reverse transcriptase-PCR (rt-PCR). Samples of transgenic gene-expressing tissue may also be evaluated immunocytochemically or immunohistochemically using antibodies specific for the transgene product.

[0525] Once the founder animals are produced, they may be bred, inbred, outbred, or crossbred to produce colonies of the particular animal. Examples of such breeding strategies include, but are not limited to: outbreeding of founder animals with more than one integration site in order to establish separate lines; inbreeding of separate lines in order to produce compound transgenics that express the transgene at higher levels because of the effects of additive expression of each transgene; crossing of heterozygous transgenic animals to produce animals homozygous for a given integration site in order to both augment expression and eliminate the need for screening of animals by DNA analysis; crossing of separate homozygous lines to produce compound heterozygous or homozygous lines; and breeding to place the transgene on a distinct background that is appropriate for an experimental model of interest.

[0526] Transgenic animals of the invention have uses which include, but are not limited to, animal model systems useful in elaborating the biological function of polypeptides of the present invention, studying conditions and/or disorders associated with aberrant expression, and in screening for compounds effective in ameliorating such conditions and/or disorders.

Example 14 Knock-Out Animals

[0527] Endogenous gene expression can also be reduced by inactivating or “knocking out” the gene and/or its promoter using targeted homologous recombination. (E.g., see Smithies et al., Nature 317: 230-234 (1985); Thomas & Capecchi, Cell 51: 503512 (1987); Thompson et al., Cell 5: 313-321 (1989); each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety). For example, a mutant, non-functional polynucleotide of the invention (or a completely unrelated DNA sequence) flanked by DNA homologous to the endogenous polynucleotide sequence (either the coding regions or regulatory regions of the gene) can be used, with or without a selectable marker and/or a negative selectable marker, to transfect cells that express polypeptides of the invention in vivo. In another embodiment, techniques known in the art are used to generate knockouts in cells that contain, but do not express the gene of interest. Insertion of the DNA construct, via targeted homologous recombination, results in inactivation of the targeted gene. Such approaches are particularly suited in research and agricultural fields where modifications to embryonic stem cells can be used to generate animal offspring with an inactive targeted gene (e.g., see Thomas & Capecchi 1987 and Thompson 1989, supra). However this approach can be routinely adapted for use in humans provided the recombinant DNA constructs are directly administered or targeted to the required site in vivo using appropriate viral vectors that will be apparent to those of skill in the art.

[0528] In further embodiments of the invention, cells that are genetically engineered to express the polypeptides of the invention, or alternatively, that are genetically engineered not to express the polypeptides of the invention (e.g., knockouts) are administered to a patient in vivo. Such cells may be obtained from the patient (I.e., animal, including human) or an MHC compatible donor and can include, but are not limited to fibroblasts, bone marrow cells, blood cells (e.g., lymphocytes), adipocytes, muscle cells, endothelial cells etc. The cells are genetically engineered in vitro using recombinant DNA techniques to introduce the coding sequence of polypeptides of the invention into the cells, or alternatively, to disrupt the coding sequence and/or endogenous regulatory sequence associated with the polypeptides of the invention, e.g., by transduction (using viral vectors, and preferably vectors that integrate the transgene into the cell genome) or transfection procedures, including, but not limited to, the use of plasmids, cosmids, YACs, naked DNA, electroporation, liposomes, etc.

[0529] The coding sequence of the polypeptides of the invention can be placed under the control of a strong constitutive or inducible promoter or promoter/enhancer to achieve expression, and preferably secretion, of the polypeptides of the invention. The engineered cells which express and preferably secrete the polypeptides of the invention can be introduced into the patient systemically, e.g., in the circulation, or intraperitoneally.

[0530] Alternatively, the cells can be incorporated into a matrix and implanted in the body, e.g., genetically engineered fibroblasts can be implanted as part of a skin graft; genetically engineered endothelial cells can be implanted as part of a lymphatic or vascular graft. (See, for example, Anderson et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,399,349; and Mulligan & Wilson, U.S. Pat. No. 5,460,959 each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety).

[0531] When the cells to be administered are non-autologous or non-MHC compatible cells, they can be administered using well known techniques which prevent the development of a host immune response against the introduced cells. For example, the cells may be introduced in an encapsulated form which, while allowing for an exchange of components with the immediate extracellular environment, does not allow the introduced cells to be recognized by the host immune system.

[0532] Transgenic and “knock-out” animals of the invention have uses which include, but are not limited to, animal model systems useful in elaborating the biological function of polypeptides of the present invention, studying conditions and/or disorders associated with aberrant expression, and in screening for compounds effective in ameliorating such conditions and/or disorders.

[0533] All patents, patent publications, and other published references mentioned herein are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties as if each had been individually and specifically incorporated by reference herein. While preferred illustrative embodiments of the present invention are described, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be practiced by other than the described embodiments, which are presented for purposes of illustration only and not by way of limitation. The present invention is limited only by the claims that follow.

1 228 1 811 DNA Homo sapien 1 gaagagaagg gaagagaatg aagatactat ggggacctgg ttatctagat gatgctcgag 60 cggcgcagtg tgatggatag cggccgcccg ggcaggttac cacttcactc caggcctggg 120 tgacaatatc tgagactctg tctcaaaaaa aaaaaaaaca actagttttt taaattttat 180 attttttaga acttttattc ccttaagtct caaacctcct tagggccctt ggtggtcagg 240 ttgtagattg tgagttactc cctttattct cgaaaagtgc tgtgggaacc gagaattgtg 300 gttctccact ttttgtggat tttttcttca aattgtggaa gaatgtgcct caactcgtgg 360 ttctcaactg gcattattat gtggaaattt tagaagctgg agaagaaaca ctttatatat 420 tacctcgtgg tcttaaacca ttcttcattt ttctagggtg agcaatattt aagttccaga 480 aaaaactcac cgtggtttaa agctcataaa ttgggtaatt agtactcaag aacgtgacag 540 accgtgggtt tctttaaagg tgataataga gtgtacattt cattgggaat ttacattcat 600 acgtgcacgt gctgttatgc tgcattattt gggggaataa aagatttata atcttggggc 660 tggggcgcag tggggctcat gccttgttaa ttcccagcac tttggggagg gctggaggca 720 ggtgggtatc acaaatgtca gcagttccga gaccagtctg ggccaacctt gggtggagac 780 cccgtttcta ctaaaaacta caagaacgtg g 811 2 222 DNA Homo sapien 2 gcgaggtacc ctgattcaaa tataattcca tgagaagctg gactaaggac atatattcat 60 tcattcaata ttcatgtgtg tgtgtgttag agacagggtc ttgctctgtc ggccagattg 120 gtttagatgt gtcacccctg atagatcaat gaaacgccgt atccgagggg gcctggggta 180 aaaaaagggg ggaaaacaag gacagagagc agaagggggg ga 222 3 1659 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (465)..(551) a, c, g or t 3 tgaagtcagt tcatatccag ttcctcaacc agatgaccct tacattagca gaccctccct 60 tcaagctggc tgactaacca gcgacttcaa gcaaccttca accacggaag ctccaaccac 120 gccctaccaa cgcaacacag cttacgcaac ctgcactgcg aacacgctgc cggctgacgc 180 acgcacctac tagcctacac gcctagcacc ttgcacgccc tacagcacgc caaacggcac 240 gcagcaccta cgcacacccg caccctgcct ccacgcctct ggcctctctg cgccacctag 300 cgcctgcgcc tccgagctcc ccctcctgca cctgccttcc cctttatcca tacctgcgcc 360 cacgccctcc cttcacgcca caccaccttc acactatcac cccccatcat cctcgcaatc 420 accacaacgc cccttgttgc gccccgccct tacgacgcct cccannnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 480 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 540 nnnnnnnnnn ntctaaaacc ttccacccga catcccttac caaacctatc aacatttact 600 tcccccctaa tgcgctatcc ccaataattc caaactaacc ctgcccccac tacgcccccc 660 caaaatctcc ccccgaccac cacacgcaac atcctcgctc accctactcc caccacctac 720 acaacactca acactctcta ctacctctcg accctcacac tcccctcacc tctcttcctc 780 cactcattca cccccccatt acaactccac caacacactc gtcacacctc acccccatcc 840 acaacgaccc ccaccaccac cccactccca ccactcatct acgctacccc tctcctcctc 900 taccctacct acactaccac tccccccacc ctcccctccc caccccttac tctcctccac 960 ccatctctct ctactactta cctcaccact tctctcattc cccctccctc acgcctcccc 1020 actcctcctc tcctccgccc cacctcctcc ctacgcccca ctcctcacct tccctctcct 1080 ttctatctac ctccgctctt cccatgatca ccacatccac tcacatatac ccactcacta 1140 cacttctcac ggactctcgc actctcctca tccgtctcta catcctcaat cgcttcaccc 1200 cagcttcaca ctctatccaa cctacacaac tgccacctca ccctctcatc tcccattcac 1260 tcctacccac acacgaccca ctcccgtcca cctcacacca ctccaccaca caacatctcc 1320 tcccactcat cactacaccc tccacccact cacctccaat acactaccat catccaccca 1380 accctcccct ccctcacatg cacacctccc ctcactcccc cacctacaac cacctctctc 1440 acatccccct caaccaaccc ccccaccatc accgcctcga ctcctcctcc cccacacacc 1500 ctccactaca tatccacaaa caaattaacc acaccagcgc accccacaac acacacacac 1560 ggtccacact cacacctcca ccccccacac tccactctca ctcctcacac tcacccctca 1620 ccaccccgca ccaccacctc ctctcccccc tccccccca 1659 4 321 DNA Homo sapien 4 tggtcgcggt cgaggtactt gatgcacaag gaaccgcatg ggactgggga ttttacaaac 60 atacggacat gagagactca aacctcgatc ctggcacttc aaaatatgtt agtcacgtga 120 gcctgtggtg ggtgcccccc tctctcaatg gggggtgctg tttacaggtt aacaattgat 180 cagaacaggt aaagggtaat taaaatgtat tcgcccaaca aatgggcatt ccttttataa 240 taatgaaaaa aacctctctg ttcgtaaaga gttgtctgca tcataaataa gaaaggtatt 300 cataattata tcccaaaact g 321 5 1243 DNA Homo sapien 5 tcctcaaatc ctcacctcaa ggtcagcttc taggggagcc ccaccccaaa tgccatgtcg 60 cctaggctct tctacacatg gagaccacaa ctgcatctgg acgtggaggt ttgcatggct 120 gtgatgctgt acgtgaagtg ctggcctgta gtacttggta agtgctaact gttttcactg 180 tggttactca ttcattcacc cagaagttgg gcagctttct taaacaatgg gcaaagaccc 240 gcatgcagga gttagcaaga cacatgcagg caaaaaacgc acaagctagt ggggaagaga 300 gtatgagacc ctccccacca catacccagc acctggcccc tgccagaggg gcgatgcaaa 360 gtgggggtga ccacagggga gggggagaag caattgggtt ccaacctaca ggtttagtta 420 agaaggcatt agttcaggat ttcacaacag attcactgtg cttggatcaa tcaacacatt 480 gagagatgtc aggttcctag aggactcagc ctccacaccc ttcatctctc tctgcgggaa 540 actttcaaca caattgatct aaatggcaca gtttttgttg atgccagttt gctagttcat 600 aatcacgaac ccttagatga ctcagatgaa acaagaggtt ttttttcttc ttcttcttcg 660 tagatgcaca aggaaccgca tgggcaagta tagattttct aaactatcct ttccctttgg 720 ggccctggga aagcccaaaa atcagggaac aacagacact gactacctgc ataagctgat 780 tgtaaaagcc agtcctgctt ctttcctgca ggactgggga ttttacatac atacgtacat 840 gagagactca aacctcgatc ctggcacttc aaaatatgtt agtcacgtga gcctgtggtg 900 ggtgcccccc tctctcaatg gggggtgctg tttacaggtt aacaattgat cagaacaggt 960 aaagggtaat taaaatgtat tcgcccaaca aatgggcatt ccttttataa taatgaaaaa 1020 aacctctctg ttcgtaaaga gttgtctgca tcataaataa gaaaggtatt cataattata 1080 tcccaaaact gaaaagacaa caagtgtctc ccaaggtgga ttgtgaaatc aactcggtgc 1140 ttcaacgtac ttggaaagtc agccgggttt gggtttggtt gggtttgggt ttgggtttag 1200 agacggagtt tagctcttgt agcccaggct tcagtgcctg acc 1243 6 392 DNA Homo sapien 6 tggtcgcggc cgaggtactg ctaatggggg attcttcttt gtctgatgta agggccaagg 60 accaggagtg cagtctcttt gttttctttt atcttccttt agagtcaaat gttaacagat 120 ccccaggttg ctctctttca ggagcctgga gaaggaaagt atcatgcagg gtcttctcat 180 ccctgtctct tgctcaatta ctgtgaccct ttgtcccttt tttccccccc ataatttcta 240 ttttcataat tttctctttg tctctatcct atttcttaag tctctctctt tttctattgg 300 tctctttctt tctgtctcta actgtgtctc tttattgtct gtctgcctct gcatctctct 360 tcctatttct gcctatcttt ttttttcttt ct 392 7 254 DNA Homo sapien 7 gttaaattga gaaacctgtt aacttacatt ttatgcggct ggccccttgg tatcacttac 60 tgccagagat atttcctttc agcaccaggg cgaaagttct ttaaatggct atggtctttt 120 tcctactccg gtttggttta aaggcacatt aacggaggtt tctcattagt caaaggtggt 180 ctattcccaa aaaaagagaa aaacaaaaca gtggggggta ctcggcacaa cgttctcggg 240 tgatgtccac atac 254 8 1087 DNA Homo sapien 8 tggtcgcggc cgaggtactg gttcctcctt tttttttttt ttttttttgg aaatggagtc 60 ttgctcctgt ccccgaacct ggattgcttg agtctccttt acctcactgg caaccttcca 120 ccctgccgct gtcaaggcaa ttcctcccac cctcaggccc tcccagaaga tagcatggag 180 atttacaggt tgcattgcca ccattgccat ggcttaattt taggtattat tatagataaa 240 aacggtgggt ttcacaccca tgtgtttgag accacggcgt ggtctcctca aaccctcctg 300 tgaccctcag ggtgatctcc cacctgtgcc tctcgagcct ctcccaaagg gtgcgtggag 360 aataccagga catatgacca ccagtggtgt gtcctgtgtg cctatattct ctcctatctc 420 aatatctcta ttatatgtag ttatatattt ataacactgt gtgtattata tactctctct 480 actctctcat ctctctcact cactccactg tgttatctct ctattctctc aacaaatcac 540 cacctatgtg tgccaagata tacatacaag atatagcccc cacgtgcgtt gcaagtgtat 600 aacaacaaaa tatatacaca ctccctatta atattaaaga gtagacctag acatatatga 660 tgtcgacata tataacgcaa catagtgaca atcttcaata tacaggtgac gcacctataa 720 acacacagaa agaggtgtga ctgtgctggt catcaccaat aatagagaaa tataattgag 780 ggaacaaata ataatagaac ccagccgcct attttataaa cagaagatga tatcatctcc 840 aacaaaacat aattatctac caatgtttac aactaggaaa ttacggccat tctaccacaa 900 aagccgccga agataataat ataataaagt acgagaggac cacggtatga ggtaggtgtc 960 gtcaaccaat acagaacaat tatacacctc gttagaggtg actgggtata ctagatgaag 1020 aaagatatta tcatatataa ccacattcaa ccacagaatg ggtggcagta gagcaatatg 1080 aggtagt 1087 9 656 DNA Homo sapien 9 aaaaaaaaaa gaggaattta cctaagggaa aaaataacta taaaaggacc aatttttata 60 ccaatttcta cagtttaggt aagggtttct ggtatattga ttaccttccc atttactatc 120 cctagctaac cgggaaatgt cccaggtatc attctcccgg gatagttggg tacgttggag 180 tggaaaggct tataaatttg gtttggccct gtggtagata atatgcatta ctaaagatgc 240 attttaaggg ccagggcgcg gggggcctca cgcctgtaat ccccagcact ttggggaggg 300 ccgaggcggg gcagatcacg aggtcgggag atttgagacc attccttggg ctaacacggg 360 tgaaacccct gtctctacta aaaatacaaa aaaaaaaatt tagccggggc gtggtgggcg 420 gggccccttg tttgtcccag gcttactcgc gggggctgag ggcgggagat tgggccgacc 480 ccggggggcg ggacgctttg ctcttgagcg gagattcgcg ccttggattc caagcgtggg 540 cccggtggtg agctccgttc caaaaacaag gaaggtgctt taataccggg gtggcgggca 600 tacatttcgt ggttaacggt ggcggacctg gctaggtgcc tgggtgaatg tccgca 656 10 123 DNA Homo sapien 10 gggatgatga tcatataggg cgaatggtca tctagatgca tgtcgagcgg ccgcagtttg 60 tgatggatcc aacacttcaa cactatttgt tttatttttc ttattaatat aagacggcag 120 gaa 123 11 126 DNA Homo sapien 11 acctctggaa aaggcaagga aacagattat cctgagagcc tccagaaaga atgccccttg 60 attttagccc aggagatcca tcttggactt ctgacccaca gtaaaggtac aataaaaatg 120 tggtat 126 12 274 DNA Homo sapien 12 ttggaaaaaa tgtaaaattt cttatgtggg tgatttcaaa aatttgattt gaaatatata 60 ttaaaaagtt gctatattgg cctattttaa attgctatca ttgatgggca gcatagtcaa 120 tttcacaaag aaggccaaat tgtgcaaata ctaatatagt gggtgatccc tccttgggag 180 agttacaaac ctcaatcaca aatgcaaaaa caaaaaatcc ataggcctac agagcagtaa 240 ttttggctta ctagcaacca agaatatgat atga 274 13 560 DNA Homo sapien 13 atagggagta caggcttgaa tatgtttggc ttagtttaga ttgtagatta ccaaggaaga 60 atggcaattt gtaaaacaaa tttagctgct cagtattttt gagagaaaac tgaagagttt 120 ttctcttgag gttttagaag cttttaagat tattagctcc ctaaacagat atgcatattg 180 tcagtgatat cctaacattt tggaggttta atactattag gttaattata accaagaaat 240 gtagaatgta gaatgaagca tattttatgc ctgaaatttg cttgtttgga aaaaatgtaa 300 aatttcttat gtgggtgatt tcaaaaattt gatttgaaat atataattaa aaagttgcta 360 tattggccta ttttaaattg ctatcattga tgggcagcat agtcaatttc acaaagaagg 420 ccaaattgtg caaatactaa tatagtgggt gatccctcct tgggagagtt acaaacctca 480 atcacaaatg caaaaacaaa aaatccatag gcctacagag cagtaatttt ggcttactag 540 caaccaagaa tatgatatga 560 14 356 DNA Homo sapien 14 cgagcggcgc ccgggcaggt actctggcct gggcaacaga ttgagactct gcctcaaaaa 60 aaaaaaaaaa agaatgaggg gcaggaccca ggtgtgtgaa aagagggaca gataactgtg 120 gtgtggtgtg gtggtggtgt aataagtctt attatcctat tggactttta aacctatgtg 180 atttttttgc ttgtgaccaa gagggtaaat tatttgacct tattaaaaat tcctagaaga 240 aaacccctag aaaaaaaact cttctagact tgggacgagt caaagaattt atgattaaga 300 cctcaaaagc aaatggcaac gaaaacaaaa atagacaaat tgagacttaa actaaa 356 15 406 DNA Homo sapien 15 aagaacagaa agagagagag agagagagag agagagagac gagaccggga ggaaggcagg 60 tcgggaagga ccggcacagg gggccggacg gccggtaagg cgggggcaca gacagaaagc 120 aatgagtcga tagcgacaga ctgagagaaa gacaggaaga gagagcagag acagcacgac 180 aggtgggcgg ccgggcggac ggacaaaaag aagacgacga ggaacgaaga acacgaacga 240 ccacgacaga aagacagaca cgagacgaaa ccgacagaca gaaaagaccg agagaaacga 300 caacacaaaa aaaaaaacaa aaaaaaaagg ctggggggtt atctggggac aaacgggtcc 360 cgggggaaat gtgtttccgg ccaaaccaaa atctctaaca caccga 406 16 504 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (270)..(270) a, c, g or t 16 cgtggtcgcg gcgaggtaca agcttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt ggcaaaaaaa 60 aataggcccg tttatttttt cctttggatc aaggggcact ttttgaaagc ctgtgggtgt 120 gccaagcttt ctccccaagg gggaggtatt atcgggggtt gggagcccaa gtctcctcga 180 ggggggtgtg aaagaggcac ctgggcaccc acacaagaga gcgcgaggag actctccaga 240 agcgccctac cctccatata tgtggggcgn ggaacaactc acacgcgcgt tggggcgtat 300 aaacctcggt gtgggctcat ataagcagct gtggtgttct ctcgctgtgg tgttggtgta 360 gcaacacaat ggttgggttg tgtactatcc tcgcgggctc tcacacaaat gtttctccac 420 cacacacaaa cacaattaag gcggggaaag caacacagat ttagaaaacc acccgcagtc 480 cacccaagaa ctcaccaaca aatc 504 17 234 DNA Homo sapien 17 atgactttct gaccatatag gccatggtca ctaatcatgc cgagcggcgg catatgtgat 60 ggattggtcg cggcgaggta ctacactctc ttggttacca tagttttata caatagtaag 120 ttttaaaata gagaaatgtg agttatcata cttcattctt tttttaaaga ttatttggct 180 atcctgggtt ccttgcaatt ctatgtgaat tttagaattc gccagttaat ttca 234 18 16 DNA Homo sapien 18 taaataaata aataaa 16 19 132 DNA Homo sapien 19 agctgggcaa tgtggcaaaa ccctgtctct actaaaatac aaattttgct gggtctgtgg 60 gctgcccttg tatcccagct actcaggggc tgggaggaga ttgcttgact tggaaggcgg 120 gtgcctgtgg ta 132 20 445 DNA Homo sapien 20 gagatgaacg actcactatg gcgaatgtgc ctctagatgc atgccgagcg gcgcagtgtg 60 atggatggcc gcccgggcag gtactgggat tacaggcatg agtcacggtg cctggccttc 120 tcccagatat ttaaaagtag ggttcacgga agctagttga tctctattag ttcttgaact 180 gataaaactg atgaggaaaa aaaaaaagaa atagacccac tcagagacaa agagataaga 240 atccagtgtt ggcccaagcc agagagagag agagagagag agagagagag agacgacaga 300 atgaacgccc gaacgccctg gtggaggttc tcctgaattt agggcacact aagatgttcc 360 tagtcctaaa tgatccccct ttctccctcc ccctagactg gttctaagtg gatctccttt 420 tgcttgcacc aatagagtga aagtg 445 21 681 DNA Homo sapien 21 tggaggcaga gtctcactct atcacccagg ctggagtgca gtggcacagt ctcagctcac 60 tgcaacctcc acctcctggg ttcaagcgat tctcctgcct cagtctcctg agtagctggg 120 actacaggtg tccgccacca tgcctggcta atttttatat ttttagtaga gacagtgttt 180 tgccatgtgg gccaggctgg tctcaaactc ctgacctcag gtgatccacc cacttcggcc 240 tcctaaagta ctgggattac aggcatgagt cactgtgcct ggccttctcc cagatattta 300 aaagtagggt tcacggaagc tagttgatct ctattagttc ttgaactgat aaaactgatg 360 aggaaaaaaa aaaagaaata gacccactca gagacaaaga gataagaatc cagtgttggc 420 ccaagccaga gagagagaga gagagagaga gagagagaga cgacagaatg aacgcccgaa 480 cgccctggtg gaggttctcc tgaatttagg gcacactaag atgttcctag tcctaaatga 540 tccccctttc tccctccccc tagactggtt ctaagtggat ctccttttgc ttgcaccaat 600 agagtgaaag tgaagctttg tgttcaaccc aacccttctc agttgccaag cactgtgcta 660 gttctggatg aacagcagta a 681 22 516 DNA Homo sapien 22 caggctacaa tagcaaacac acagaactat ttcctgctct tgccctaatg ggtttcaaaa 60 tgacttgctt tagtgctatt aagagttata cattcagaca aaaatgtgca tgagtgctaa 120 cttgggatat ccaggtgctg ctacaggtgc tagatatcga acagtccaca agaatctgtc 180 agttcctgcc ctcaagaagc ctacctgccc acctgttaat ctacctggca ctgttctggg 240 gtgtgaaggt atggagacaa ccaaggctta gcatctgcac atggagttta caaacaactg 300 gaagctcata atttcacccc cataagtaag aaatagtaat aagtgtttta ttgggtattt 360 attatgtaaa atgccttata catagcaggc attttcctaa gtccttttta ggtattatct 420 tacttaagtt tgtaacctac cccatggcat aggccaccaa cattagccca gttttgtaaa 480 ggaggaaacc tgcgacagag aggaatcaac tgactt 516 23 514 DNA Homo sapien 23 gaagtcaggt tcaaggcgct ggcgtcccag ctgatccctg gacctgaaca gggacctgtt 60 ccctgtcctg cttggaagtc ccatcctggg tgtgggcagc cagagaaagg aagcgttctc 120 ccagtgctgc catgggctgc agccctaccc tgctgggctg agtccggtgt ttaagggagg 180 gaggagggag gagaggggtg aagagctggg ccttctggta gctttttata attatttcta 240 aaatgctata tttggatatt attttctgct tctacaaata aaacatgcat atgtgtaaaa 300 aaaattcaac acatttaaag aacaaaaaca acaaacaaaa agaaaaaaaa agggcgctgt 360 gggggtgtac ccctgtgggc caaaagcgcg tgtgtccccc gtggtgtgtg agcaattttg 420 tgttctctcc gcgccctcca atattccccc ccaaaattat tagggaaaaa cacaagggcg 480 ggtggaccct cgctcaccat acactgatag ctcg 514 24 668 DNA Homo sapien 24 ccgcccgagc aggtctgttc tcagcagcag taagagcctg gtcaatctga accttctagg 60 caatgaattg gatactgatg gtgtcaagat gctatgtaag gctttgaaaa agtcgacatg 120 caggctgcag aaactcgggc ttcaaaaaga cctgcacaat gtagtgagag aggagataca 180 gacctcacag aaggagctct gtctgaaact caagtgtgcg tgggatttta atgaccttga 240 agacaagtgg tggtggtgat cccacagatt agatgccacg tggcttgacc atggatcttg 300 ggggaaagcc accaggacat cctggcctgt gtgtcgctcc aatgtcacca tttgtgggga 360 caaatgagct gttccctgca ggaggctttg tcacggttgt tggaggccgc ccattgcacg 420 cccaggtctg gaatcctagt gtaatactgt gtctggtacc aagatcataa gttggctgtg 480 ccttcagtct tgtctatgtc ctccttggtg taatgttttt aattcttgga ggtgttgaga 540 gaattcaata aagcaaagca tataaaagta aaaaaaaaac aaggaaaaaa aaaaaaagcc 600 gtgggggtaa ccagggggcc agaggcggtc ccggggggaa agtggtttcc cgccccaaat 660 tccacaat 668 25 755 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (190)..(190) 25 gcccgggcag gtgaaattat aggattttca accattcccc tagaatgggc tggctgcctg 60 acttagggac cacgttttgc cagaatgtta agtttgaagg tcatggcccc attgttctga 120 agtatctatt ggagaaacag aacatcacgc ttagtcggct ctgggacaca aagataaatt 180 atatgacgcn cacacatgcc tagctgagaa gtatgatagg agcttcaggc gctggtccta 240 ggttcgtgga gttggttgtg ggcctatcgt cgattgttaa tctcatcttc taggccgtcg 300 agacgtcatc aacaattaat ctcttggtgg gactcagtgt aaagcctctt aatcacgctc 360 gtttttacgt tcatagacat catttttcct ccgtctgaaa taatgagata gagattcttg 420 tctcctctgt aggacttttc ttctccccgt cactcccaag acttgagtta ggtgcattcc 480 tagtatcgag atactctatt gtaatttctg ttttcctgta gatatttcca tagtcataga 540 cctgtttgcc tgtagataga aattctgcct tattcgtgat tcgacgcttc agctctttgc 600 atagcgtcta gcccatggta gacactcagt aatcactgac tgagttaaag aatagaatag 660 acctaaataa tataaaagca aaaaagctgg gggtacgagg gccgagcggt cccgggggga 720 atggttaccc gggccgaatc cccgaaagaa aaacg 755 26 1137 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (190)..(190) a, c, g or t 26 gcccgggcag gtgaaattat aggattttca accattcccc tagaatgggc tggctgcctg 60 acttagggac cacgttttgc cagaatgtta agtttgaagg tcatggcccc attgttctga 120 agtatctatt ggagaaacag aacatcacgc ttagtcggct ctgggacaca aagataaatt 180 atatgacgcn cacacatgcc tagctgagaa gtatgatagg agcttcaggc gctggtccta 240 ggttcgtgga gttggttgtg ggcctatcgt cgattgttaa tctcatcttc taggccgtcg 300 agacgtcatc aacaattaat ctcttggtgg gactcagtgt aaagcctctt aatcacgctc 360 gtttttacgt tcatagacat catttttcct ccgtctgaaa taatgagata gagattcttg 420 tctcctctgt aggacttttc ttctccccgt cactcccaag acttgagtta ggtgcattcc 480 tagtatcgag atactctatt gtaatttctg ttttcctgta gatatttcca tagtcataga 540 cctgtttgcc tgtagataga aattctgcct tattcgtgat tcgacgcttc agctctttgc 600 atagcgtcta gcccatggta gacactcagt aatcactgac tgagttaaaa aagaaagaaa 660 gaatgaaata aatgacttaa tggtattaat catacaaaca acagctttaa acaacagtga 720 acctcttgaa catccaaatt ttttttttta cttcttgagt gcaatactga cactagagaa 780 gcctaaaagg taagagaata tacccctctt atttcacaca ggatggtatg aacaataata 840 gctaaaatga tggggtgctt agtgcagaca ccatgaatga agacactctt atttaatatg 900 cacaaaatcc ttgatacaag tataattaac atcatcattt tatggacaaa aaccctgagt 960 tttagagttt ctaatctggt tcaacatttc acagctaggt gagcaatgaa gtctggttgg 1020 tgaccaatct gacacccaaa ccatacgtaa tggtctccaa gccccaactc tacagccaac 1080 tcagggtctg aactacgact ccagttctaa acgttgtccc atacctctag cacattt 1137 27 15 DNA Homo sapien 27 taaataataa ataaa 15 28 123 DNA Homo sapien 28 agggaatgag ggacggaaag agagagacag cgaagagagg agaaagagtt tcagaatttg 60 gcaaaggtct caaggctcaa gctggttgtc tgaagccttt caaaccccca gttttatcac 120 cac 123 29 3426 DNA Homo sapien 29 atggtctatg gggcttccga ggcgatcagg ctgtgtcagt cttcagccgc taagccaaga 60 aggagtcagt cagagagcct tgggccagag ttccaggggc tctgggagtg gctgccaggg 120 agaagtgaaa tgacaacctc actagataca gttgagacct ttggtaccac atcctactat 180 gatgacgtgg gcctgctctg tgaaaaagct gataccagag cactgatggc ccagtttgtg 240 cccccgctgt actccctggt gttcactgtg ggcctcttgg gcaatgtggt ggtggtgatg 300 atcctcataa aatacaggag gctccgaatt atgaccaaca tctacctgct caacctggcc 360 atttcggacc tgctcttcct cgtcaccctt ccattctgga tccactatgt cagggggcat 420 aactgggttt ttggccatgg catgtgtaag ctcctctcag ggttttatca cacaggcttg 480 tacagcgaga tctttttcat aatcctgctg acaatcgaca ggtacctggc cattgtccat 540 gctgtgtttg cccttcgagc ccggactgtc acttttggtg tcatcaccag catcgtcacc 600 tggggcctgg cagtgctagc agctcttcct gaatttatct tctatgagac tgaagagttg 660 tttgaagaga ctctttgcag tgctctttac ccagaggata cagtatatag ctggaggcat 720 ttccacactc tgagaatgac catcttctgt ctcgttctcc ctctgctcgt tatggccatc 780 tgctacacag gaatcatcaa aacgctgctg aggtgcccca gtaaaaaaaa gtacaaggcc 840 atccggctca tttttgtcat catggcggtg tttttcattt tctggacacc ctacaatgtg 900 gctatccttc tctcttccta tcaatccatc ttatttggaa atgactgtga gcggagcaag 960 catctggacc tggtcatgct ggtgacagag gtgatcgcct actcccactg ctgcatgaac 1020 ccggtgatct acgcctttgt tggagagagg ttccggaagt acctgcgcca cttcttccac 1080 aggcacttgc tcatgcacct gggcagatac atcccattcc ttcctaaaat acaaactacc 1140 atcagagaat actacaaaca cctctacgca aataaactag aaaatctaga agaaatggat 1200 aaattcctgg acacatacac cctcccaaga ctaaaccagg aagaagttga atctctgaat 1260 agaccaataa caggctctga aattgtggca ataatcaata tcttaccaac caaaaagagt 1320 ccaggaccag atggattcac agccgaattc taccagaggt acaaggagga actggtacca 1380 ttccttctga aactattcca atcaatagaa aaagagggaa tcctccctaa ctcattttat 1440 gaggccagca tcatcctgat accaaagctg ggcagagaca caacccaaaa agagaatttt 1500 agaccaatat ccttgatgga cattgatgca aaaatcctca ataaaatact ggcaaaccga 1560 atccagcagc acatcaaaaa gcttatctac catgatcaag tgggcttcat ccttgggatg 1620 caaggctggt tcgatataca caactcaata aatgtaatcc agcatataaa cagaaccaaa 1680 gacaaaaacc acatgattat ctcaatagat gcagaaaagg cctttgacaa aattcaacaa 1740 cgcttcatgc taaaaactct caataaatta gaattggaaa aaactacttt aaagttcata 1800 tggaaccaaa aaagagcccg catcgccaag tcaatcctaa gccaaaagaa caaagctgga 1860 ggcatcacgc tacctgactt caaacttaca ctataagact acagtaacca aaacagcgtg 1920 gtactggtac caaaacagag atatagatca atagaacaga acagagccct cagaaataac 1980 gccgcatatc tacaactatc tgatctttga caaacctgag aaaaacaagc aatggggaaa 2040 ggattcccta tttaataaat ggtgctggga aaactggcta accatacgta gaaagctgca 2100 actggatccc ttccttacac cttatacaaa aattaattca agatggatta aagacttaaa 2160 cgttagacct aaaaccataa aaaccctaga agaaaaccta ggcattacca ttcaggacat 2220 aggcatgggc aaggacttca tgtctaaaac accaaaagca atggcaacaa aagccaaaat 2280 tgacaaatgg gatcgaatta aactaaagag cttctgcaca gcaaaagaaa ctaccatcag 2340 agtgaacagg caacctacaa aatgggagaa aattttcgca acctactcat ctgacaaagg 2400 gctaatatcc agaatctaca atgaactcaa acaaatttac aagaaaaaaa caaacaaccc 2460 catcaaaaag tgggcaaagg acatgaacag acacttctca aaagaagaca tttatgcagc 2520 caaaaaacac atgaaaaaat gctcaccatc actggccatc agagaaatgc aaatcaaaac 2580 cacaatgaga taccatctca caccagttag aatggcaatc attaaaaagt caggaaacaa 2640 cagggcaccc ctccgacccc cgctgcgagg ggtttcccgc gggaggtgga cgaagcgtgg 2700 gccaggacag gcgcctggca ctggggtttc agagccgcga gtaggccctg aaggccggga 2760 gggaccgcca gtccccactg gaagccgctt ccgtgcagcc cgggacagag tttcagaatt 2820 tggcaaaggt ctcaaggctc aagctggttg tctgaagcct ttcaaacccc cagttttatc 2880 accacatatg agctcttagc atatgaaact gcagctagga ctaaaaccag aggaaggcac 2940 acagaatctt gactgctctt cagaaataca tggcactcca ttaaaatgaa gatttttgct 3000 gctcactcca gaaatattga atcaaaacgt ggagcaggag acaggcaagg ccagtgaagg 3060 agtgtggctc cgataggatt gacaactact accttagatg atgaatcaag ctcagaaggg 3120 atccctctgg atttccctgc ggtgaagaaa ccgaggcaat gaacaaagta atatacccaa 3180 gatcacattg ccagtgaatg ggagagctga cgtttcaatc tacacagaac ctgtgctctt 3240 agctatctaa ccgctttact tggaagtgat gtgagattaa aaaaagaaga aaaacaaaat 3300 attttcttat gctttcaaaa agttcaaaat taatcaaggg aaccgtttct ccatggggac 3360 aggagcttct ggaaggctgg acccaatcat tacaggctca gtccagggcc tttccttcac 3420 accaac 3426 30 259 DNA Homo sapien 30 cccaagtagc tgggattaca ggcacgcacc accatgcccg ggtaaggggc tggctctcag 60 caccaggacc tggcacagca tctgacccag aggacagctc agttcatgat tgccagatgg 120 ctgcacgcag cgcggaggag agccccctgg gtctgaaata gaggctggag aggaggactg 180 tgagtccatg aggagggaga gtgatggtat cccacacaca agccagcgtg tctaggactc 240 ctatctgaag acactgcag 259 31 948 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (284)..(566) a, c, g or t 31 aactcacata taggcatcgc tctctaatca tgctcgagcg ccgcaaggtt atgatggatg 60 tcgcggccga ggtacgagaa gtctttctag actgtttaga gatactctgt gttctataac 120 atgcgagcat gagatccatg ggctaatagg aaacaattgc atggtatata ataacaaaat 180 gtttcattgt gtatatcttt tacagaaggg tctgagtatt cacctgagtc attatcctgg 240 ttttctgagt agtgaaattt acaaatcata aaaattgaat gctnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 300 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 360 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 420 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 480 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 540 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnaaaa aattgaatgc ctgtgctcag aggtaggtta 600 tggtggactc accctggggt gggcagccac gcaatgcaat ggaatgagaa caaccacagg 660 ccccacccca agagcagccc aggtcacacc tgggcaccca ggggctctgc tggagccttc 720 tgaggctgac ccaagataaa ttcacattaa ccaggactgt tacagaaaaa aaacttcagc 780 agaattaaag gagtctaact gagcatggaa cgatggtggt atggggagcc ccaaaattaa 840 gcagattcag atgactcccg gggtgctcat ggtcggaaca tttttggttt aaaacaaaaa 900 aaaacaggtg ggttttcggg ctgtgttctg gtgattttcg caacaaaa 948 32 545 DNA Homo sapien 32 atttgtatgt tttagagaag ggagtcttgc tgtgttgccc aggtttgagt gcagtggcta 60 ttcacaggca caatcttagc acattgcagc ctctggcctc aaatgatcct cctgtctcag 120 gcccctgagt agaggggact atagtgtgtg tgccactgca tccagctgca ctcttttaac 180 ataccagttg gtttacatat tttcagtgga ctcataaatg tcatagtttt tttttagtag 240 ttttaatttg tttaaatcag gatccaaata aggttcacaa attggaattg attaatatgt 300 cttttaagtc tctgaagttt tcccttcatc tttttttctc cctcgtaact tatttgtgga 360 agggatcagg ttgtttgtct tatagcgttc cccactgcca agattttgaa ggttatattc 420 tccacagtat agttttacgc cttcttctgt ggtttctatt cctataatgg gtaatggtct 480 agaggtagtc ggtggtgctc cggttgggtt ttgggcactg cttgtgctgt gtggggccct 540 cggtc 545 33 912 DNA Homo sapien 33 ttatatcaca cttttcattt tattctgcct tccaggaaaa tttcttgggt gggcacctta 60 ctttacagtt tacagaaggc tcacacaaaa tctcatgtta gcctcacaac gctttgatac 120 ccacttcaca gatgtgagac ccgaggctcc cagctgagtt cacaacaccc acaagtagca 180 gaggagtatc tccaggccgc ggcttcctgg ccaacacatt ttcttcaact cctgcttttg 240 ggttcccttc cagaccacag tctgactcac tccttcctga catgaaaccc gaagtgtcct 300 ttctccaaag ttagaacaag tagttactgt atctctccga caagcaaaca ttctttcagc 360 aaacattgtt tttgtttttt agagaaggga gtcttgctgt gttgcccagg ctgaaatgca 420 gtggctattc acaggcacag tcatggcaca ctacagcctc tggcctcaaa tgatcctcct 480 gtctcaggcc cctgagtaga ggggactata gtgtgtgtgc cactgcatcc agctgcactc 540 ttttaacata ccagttggtt tacatatttt cagtggactc ataaatgtca tagttttttt 600 ttagtagttt taatttgttt aaatcaggat ccaaataagg ttcacaaatt ggaattgatt 660 aatatgtctt ttaagtctct gaagttttcc cttcatcttt ttttctccct cgtaacttat 720 ttgtggaagg gatcaggttg tttgtcttat agcgttcccc actgccaaga ttttgaaggt 780 tatattctcc acagtatagt tttacgcctt cttctgtggt ttctattcct ataatgggta 840 atggtctaga ggtagtcggt ggtgctccgg ttgggttttg ggcactgctt gtgctgtgtg 900 gggccctcgg tc 912 34 380 DNA Homo sapien 34 tatttcatgt taatgggctg ggagattagt atgttaagat ggttgaatat tgtcccttca 60 aaatcatgtt gaaattactt cccaaaattg acagtattga cgaggtgggg cctctcacgc 120 aaggtgatgg gtcatgaggg tctgctgtca taactggata acaaattggg gtctgctgtg 180 gaatggttat ggttatgctg gatgggattg tgggtcctaa gaagaggaga gagacctgag 240 taaatctcag acactgcatt tttgcctgga ttatttcgat ctgagaaact tacagagaaa 300 cctcccatgt gcctactgtg cttgactttt taaaataacg ttgtttaaaa acacaaaaac 360 atgggtcgtc gtctgatgtc 380 35 714 DNA Homo sapien 35 gccgggcagg tactaattta aacactgaca gccacctaaa tgacagcaat gggcacttgg 60 ctgaggtggc cacacagcac ggaatctcag gggctccaga gccagaaaca gcagggtcag 120 tttcaaattc cagctcctct attcactgtc tgtgtgacct tgagcaaaac attgcctcca 180 aacctgtttt cttacctata gaaagtggat gataataaca gtatttacct catagaaatg 240 tggctaggaa taaattagat gatgtgtgta aaatgtagcc cataggaagt gttttataag 300 tgttttctat tattaaataa attatgctat aatcatgatg aaattcattg caaacataaa 360 aaggatgctg tagaaaacta atgacaatgg aaaatgttta tggatattgg ttatgtgcaa 420 ggaggttata ttactgcagg atatccattt ttgctaaaaa atatattttt cagaggggaa 480 aaacaggtga aataattttt acatcaaaat gctaaccata gttatttctg actgatggag 540 ttatagggga ttcttcgttt tattatttgg ggtttttcta tatttgccaa aaaaaaaaaa 600 aaaaaaggct gggggtaatc atggccatag ctgttccctg tgtgactttg tttcccgtcc 660 aatcacatcc cccaaaaaaa aagtccaaac aaaccaacaa ccaccacaaa aaaa 714 36 474 DNA Homo sapien 36 ccaggaaaaa gaaaaaaaca aaaaaaaaaa aagcgcgtgg gcggtactcg gggccatagc 60 tgtcccgggt gtgaattggt tactccgctc cacaattccc ccacaccatt gcgcgaacaa 120 cggccgaccg aaacacaagc aaagaaacag gagacgcaca caaacaggga acacggagag 180 aaacaaacaa cacaccgacg gcaacaacca aagccaagga acacacagag caacaaagag 240 gaccagaaaa agaacgagcc acgcgaaagc agagaaaaac gaacgaaccg gaacaagagc 300 agagacggag acgcccgaga gcggagcgag acacaaaacg ccacagaaac gcacgaaagc 360 ggaaacgcgc acacgacgaa gcgagacgac aaaacacaga gcaaaaaagc gaaaaagcaa 420 agagaacaag acaacccata cagaagagaa acagacaaaa agagaacgac aaca 474 37 914 DNA Homo sapien 37 acacacatgt caaaataatc aagttgcata ccttgaatgt aaacaatttt tatttttcaa 60 ttatcttcaa taaagctggg gaaagaaaat ctcattaggt ggttttgttt tgtctttttt 120 tttttttaag atgcagtctt gcctccttgt tcacccaggt cgtggattgc aatgggcgtt 180 gactctcagg cttcactgtg caaccctcgt ggcctccgtg ggtttcatag caatttcttc 240 cgttgcctca gccctcgtgg tagtacgctg ggatttacag ggagcccgcc attcaccgcc 300 cgagctaatt tttgggtatt ttctagatag agagtggggt tttcgccatt gtgtggccag 360 gcgtggtctc gacactccgt gactctcgag atgatccacc tgtcttcagc ctccccaaag 420 tgctgcgatt tacggggcgg gagccaccag gcctgggcca ccttgaggtg attattaatg 480 gcaatctggc ccggggccag tcttgtagca gcttttggtg acccattttt ttggcccccc 540 ttctcatttg gtgccctatt tggtgatata tttggactca tttccatttg ggctatagta 600 catccttaag tctcctccta ctacctggat acggtccaat gtgatcttgt ggctttcccc 660 tttgaataca tcaagcatgc tttcactctc accatctttt gcacttgtgt ccttcagtca 720 aaaatactcc acattaaggc atgattactg cattgcttgg ggcagtagtc agcacctggt 780 ggctaagaat caccttaaca aggcctgcct ctaacatcca gaagttatac agtttctctt 840 ttcctgcccg gttagatggt taggggagtc tatgaacgac ctgggtcttg acacctcaaa 900 agggtactgg gaga 914 38 923 DNA Homo sapien 38 gcgtggtcgc ggccggaggt acaagaggaa agagcaggag atggaatgag atttaaataa 60 atgagaagac tgacactgat ctgaatagca atatgaactt cagtgggaga aaggtcttcc 120 tcctagacaa tggggaaagt cgtaagtagt ttgctgtttt aaagttctat ccccagattc 180 tgtgatgtcg tgttatattt ccataatcat ttagtgaaga caggcactaa ctttggaagg 240 tggtgtcaca ggagatgagg aacaatacat acggggacat atcaccagca ctatcctgct 300 ctatattggc ccttcctgtt tctatggagt tccttgcatt ctcaacagta gtgcagtcct 360 tgatcttcaa gctgtgacct cctgacccag caaacaagag agtgtggctg gttcacaggg 420 cagtgagacg agtgcgtggc tccgaagagc tggcaaggaa acaatggggt agaagaccca 480 ctgcccccca tccaacacac acacacacat acaacactag tagtagctac actatacaca 540 cacacacagg agtttgtgtg agagacaagc tctctttatt tctccccaat ataatagata 600 tagattattt cttaagagag aggaagaaag agtggcagtg gtatcactta atcactcagt 660 gctatatgtg acaatattgt tgttgaacgc tatatttaaa tagattcaga actacattgg 720 agaatgtcct cagataggac gagtctaatg gaattccaat ggaagagagg gagtttcaat 780 gtgggcacaa actcccagag ggaccccgtg agaataaggg agattatttt tatgcgccct 840 taatacacta gaagtcagtt taaaatgccc cggtttggaa ggacaaaggc cttgggcctg 900 gggaatgttc ccaaaaatgg tcg 923 39 576 DNA Homo sapien 39 cggcgcccgg gcaggtacac caggcctggc taatttttaa attttgtaaa gatgggtcta 60 gctgtgttgc acatgctggt ctcaaactcc tggcctcaag acatccctgc cctgcctctc 120 gccttggcct cctaaagtga tgggattaca ggcgtgggcc accatgccca gcctgaatct 180 tttttttttt ttttttttgg gagatataga tattgtaaat attttaaaca agcatctgta 240 ggttaacaga tttgaacgcc tctcctaggc cactacaaat tgacccctca ggcaggggct 300 ggctgccaca gggctgcccg tgccccccat aggtacccag gggttgaggg caaatctgcg 360 gcaggggggc tctgggggga gcaggtgggt gaccccattt gacccagctt ttccatttaa 420 aggggattaa caccctgaaa aacacaggaa accacaacaa aaacaacaaa aacaaacaaa 480 cggcgggtgg gggataatca ctggggcaca taagctgttt cccgggggtg aaaatttgtt 540 ttcccgccca aattcccaca aaatataaga aaaagc 576 40 734 DNA Homo sapien 40 cccacagaga gctgtagggg atttttcttt gtttaactag agagcacagt gtttggcata 60 tggcagcact cacactggta ttcttccttt agagcttcct acatttgctc tggtaataag 120 cagcagaggc aggagtattc tagagccttg gggcacagga agctgggtgt ctgacagggg 180 tcacctctga ctatccaagg tgatgctgga ggagtgtggt gcttcttgtg ttgcttggct 240 tcttttgcac cttataacat gggaacagca aagagctata aagggcattg gaggcctgga 300 tgctggtggc tcatgcctgt aatccacaac caacatccct tgggggaagg ggccccgaac 360 gggcggtgtg cgttgagaat tccaaacccc ttgatggttc aggagacgtt taatgaacta 420 tgtcttggcc aacatggttg aaaacccccc caggtttcct tttcctttaa accttttaaa 480 aaggaaccag aatttaatct aaaaagaaga aaaaattttt ctttgggacc cttctggcgg 540 cgggtagggt ttggaggatt tggggccctg gttagtatgc cccttggtta aaatacccca 600 tgctactcca tgtgatgact tgaatggcac gtgatgacat ttgcttttga aaacctgggg 660 acgggttggg cacagggttt tgccatggtt ggaaaatggg cccccccccg ggggaaaaaa 720 cacacgcggg ctta 734 41 604 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (511)..(511) a, c, g or t 41 cgcccgggca ggtggaaatt cagagtagtg aaattgttag cagttgttct taaaatctgg 60 gctctcattt catggcgatg tctttggtct ttgtgttgaa agcaggacct ctgtaagccc 120 cttctcctcc ccagactgtg agtttggtgg gtgttatgac aacggtgagg ggacggggga 180 gggcccctcc aggaagttgt catctcagtc cagtgcgggg tcagcgagta aaggacttac 240 taggttggcg acctgagtgt cacccagagc cagagaagtt tccatatctc aatgaacctt 300 ttggattcga agagagatca ttactaactc cacggactgg ccttagaaga ctcttcctct 360 gacatcatcc aattcattct gccacataaa gataggaata aaaagaaaga acaaaagaag 420 ggctggtgcg gtctaacgag gggtcatagg cgagtcaccc gtgggtggaa attttgttgt 480 gccgcgccaa ctctatcgcc ctcgaacatg ngagaggaca agaagggggg cttttgccct 540 tttgttacct ttgaccgaca ttgactcccg tggataagat tgtcctccag aattaccata 600 ctgg 604 42 898 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (493)..(493) a, c, g or t 42 agacagacaa aaagaaaaac aaagcatgac gcatatgggg actgggcatc taatgctgct 60 cgagcggcgc agtgtgatgg attggtcgcg gcgaggtaca atcacaggct ccctgaagcc 120 tcaatttctg agctcacgtg agcctccttg cctcagcctc tatcatcaga gcaggctgct 180 cggttatgga ctcagagtgc tgagattata ggcgtgagcc aagccgtgcc caatcgtctt 240 aatgcttttg ttctcagttg tggtcgtcac gcttgtatgt aatcgagaag ttctcacacc 300 tgtcactcct tagttggcac accatagttt tctctagagg tctactgtat ccttgttatt 360 gttggttcaa gagtgtataa tatgtcaaat cagctgtcgt ttctgtagat cgccgccatc 420 ctctcaaagg tgttagaaat tatccgcttt cgtgtatgtt tagaaataat taaaacttta 480 agacggtatc ttnctgcata gaacgttttg taggattgag aaacatttaa aagaattatc 540 ctctcgtatt aacaaatcaa tcggtttcag aataaacata aagaaacaag ataatagaga 600 aaagcgctct ggggggtgaa ccgcaggggg ccacctggag cgtgtgtctg cccggggggt 660 gggacattgg gttatcgccg gttcagcatt tccggtccac ctattagtgg ggagacccaa 720 aaaagttccg gtgggataaa gattgtcatt ccagaaaata acccattacc tgtgaaatgg 780 gcaccaactg tgaaaggttt aagaaaagcc cctgttcgaa aggcacgacg atgggctagt 840 ggcttcatcc atgccaaaga ggtcggaagt tggttctggg acacttttgg gtgggtgc 898 43 408 DNA Homo sapien 43 cacaacatac gagcatacga gcatggggag aaacacgctt tcacaaatga cgcgaagatg 60 agaagaggac acgcacacga acatctaacc taccattatg aacagagtaa ttagcagcac 120 agtcaagatg actgacaaag cagtagatca acagacagta ataccaagaa cgcaaagagt 180 taatgtatcc tagatagatg gaacaagtca atgggaaatt agacgaactg atgagagtaa 240 aaacagtaga agtaagaaat agtaaaagaa gaactaagtc aatagcagac aagaaacaga 300 acgaatagaa aggacagagc acaagccaag catagaagca agaagcagca catgcaagac 360 aagaaggaca gaagacagat aaaaatcaag atagatacat acagaaca 408 44 804 DNA Homo sapien 44 ggccgcccgg gcaggttgta atcccagcta cttgggaggc tgaggcagag aattgcttga 60 acccgggagg cagaggttgc agtgagtcga gatcgtacca ctgcactcca gccaggcaac 120 agaaggagac tccatctcaa aaaaaagaaa aaaaggtaag gccggactca gtggctcaca 180 cttgtaatct cagcacttcg ggaggaggct gaggcaggca gattgcttgc gcttaggagt 240 tcaggactga actaggcaac atggagaaac catgtctcta caaaatataa aaaaattagc 300 tggacatggt gtcttgcacc tgtagtccca gctactcagg aggctgagct gggagtatca 360 cttgagccca ggaagtgcag attgcagtag ccaagatcat gccactgcac tccagcctgg 420 gaaacatagt gagatcctgt ctcaaaaata ataataataa aataggccga gcgcggtggc 480 tcacgcctgt aatcccagca ctttgggagg ccaaggcggg tggatcacga ggtcggagat 540 caagaccatc ctggctaaca cggtgaaacc ccatctctac taaaaataca aaaaattagc 600 ccggtgtggt ggtgggcgcc ttgtagtccc agctactagg gaggcggagg caggagaatg 660 gcgtgaaccc cgggaggtgg agcttgcagt gagccgagat tgcaccactg cactccagcc 720 tgggtaatac agcgagactc catcccaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaagctggg ggaaccgggc 780 aaacttcccg gggaatgttc gtca 804 45 1146 DNA Homo sapien 45 gcggccgccc gggcaggtac taaaaataca aaaattagcc aggcatcatg gcggacacct 60 gtaatcccag atgattgggc agctgaggca ggagaattga ttgaactcgg gaggcggagg 120 ttgcagtgag atgagattgc gccattgtgc tccagcctgg gcaacaagag cgaaacttca 180 tcacaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aggaatttac taaggaaaaa ttaattatta aaagacattt 240 ttattccatt ctcaggttag taaggtgttt cgggtttttg atttactttc ccattttacc 300 tattccctag ctaaccgggg aaatgtggtc ccagttatct cattccttct ccgggggtag 360 tgtgggatag tttgggatgg aaatgtgctt attaaatttg ggttgtgggc ccgtggtgga 420 tagattaatt atgtgcatta cataagaagt ggcattttta tgaggcccgg ggcgcgcggg 480 tggccttccg cgcccgtggt aatctccccg agcactttgg gggagaggcc ccgggggcgg 540 ggcggaactc cgcggagggt ctcgggggag aattgggaga accatctccg tgtggctata 600 accacggggg tgaaaaccct gtgtgtccct atacttaaaa aattaccaaa aaaaaacaaa 660 tttaggccgg gggcggtgtg gggggcgggg gcccctgtgt tttgctcccc ggagttaacc 720 taaagagaga ggcatagaag ggcaggggag agaattgggc acagaagccc ccgggggggg 780 gcggggacgc ttttgcaagt agaagcgggg agaattcggg cgccatttgg acttccaagg 840 cctgggggcc acccagggag tgggagaccc cccgggtttc cccaaaaaac aaaaaacaag 900 gcgaaagaat gcgcgtttaa atttaccccg gagggacagg ggggaccggg ccaattaaca 960 aattttcctc cagagggggg ttaaaaaggg cagtgggggg gaaaaccagg gggccaaaaa 1020 aggggtgtcc cccggggggc tgaggatggg tctcccgccc acaaaacaca aggagaaggc 1080 aagagaacgt aacagcagcg cgccaatagg agaaaccacc agacacggat aacaagtaac 1140 caaacg 1146 46 160 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (16)..(16) a, c, g or t 46 cacaacatac gagcantacg agcacggccg aaggacagag acgaaacgag agcaaaagga 60 acaaagaaca gaatacacaa gaaaggaaag ataagaaaga gagaagaaga aaaagataag 120 aaaaaacaaa agaaaaggaa aaagagcaga acacgagaga 160 47 993 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (221)..(221) a, c, g or t 47 ccggcccggg ccggtaattg ccaccagcga aagcgtacta ttgatgccct ccggccagga 60 gcccggctct tcctgatctc atcgctgctc ttctcgcttg cgtcgtcctg cttgaagacg 120 actgcagggc ccttgcagac agtcttcgat aaactttctc catcttctaa catcccgagg 180 ccatagtcgg ctgtcttggt aagtccgaac ttgcttagtg nctagagtgg agagcatcat 240 cgcgtcgctc tacanctcag agacctccta gctaaagtgt ccatcaacct cttctttagt 300 tgagcatgga gagaacatgc ttgagagaaa gtcccaagag gtatgaggta tgacctttga 360 gaagatacac tgtgatgagg tttgactaga ttagtggata gcctatctat taaatcatgg 420 cctggaggta acaatgtgca aaactgaagg agagagccat atccataaga gtagttaaca 480 ctatgatccc cttgcctgtt gcgctctgac caaatatagg acacttaata ctaccttgta 540 acctaagaat agaaatcaac ggatggccat tagtgggcaa actgggataa acactataaa 600 agaagaaaaa caaccatatg tgaaaagata aataacaagg agaaaactag tgttaaaata 660 aaagaccgga gaaagtagct gaaagcgcaa aatacgggag aagtgacaaa aagccgcgaa 720 aaaaagagcg cccttaaggg tgaaaggtct ccccaggaat tttcaacaca aaaaaaaaga 780 aaagagaaga gaaaaaaaca aggggggaaa aaaaaaatgg gggaaaaccc cattttttat 840 aaacacatat gtggaatagg aagaaaaaag aaaaattaaa aaaggaaagt acagggggaa 900 aaaaacaaaa gcccccaaca aatatttcgt aaaaaaaaaa aaagagggac atgtggtgga 960 acacaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaa 993 48 498 DNA Homo sapien 48 tggcgttaat ccaaatgggt ccataggctg gttttcccct ggtggttgaa aatttgttta 60 ctccccggct ccacccaatt tcccaacaac aaaccatacc ggaagccaag cggagaaaac 120 cacccaagca ccccccgcga caccgggcac caccacgcgg gcaagaccat ccggcccagg 180 acagggcggc gcacgcgcag caccgagagc gagcgaaagg gcgagcacca gagcgacgca 240 gacgagagcg gacggcgaaa agagcggcga cagaaaagag aaaaagcaga gagacacgaa 300 gacacaaaag ggaagggcag gggcgtgaga ccccgagggc gggccccgag agaacaagag 360 acacgcaggg gcggggggta gcgccgacca cgacaaaatg ggaggggcga gagagagacg 420 gcagagacaa gagcaaaaga gaggggagac agcagggcaa acagaacaag tggcgtggca 480 aggacggagg cagcgcag 498 49 905 DNA Homo sapien 49 gcggccgagg tactggttcc tccttttttt ttttttttgg aaatggagtc ttgctctgtc 60 gccgaagctg gagtgcattg atctctactc actgaacctc cacccgccgg ttcaagcaat 120 tctcccacct cagcctcccg agtagctggg ataacaggtg cttgccacca tgccgggcta 180 attttggtat attagtagag aggtgggttc caccttgttt ggcccaggcg ggtctcaaac 240 tccgtgacct cggggtgact ccacctttgc ctcggcctcc caaagttgcg tgggattacg 300 ggcttgaccc agggtgccgt ggctatcctc cttcatctct ttagtgtaac ttgaacgggg 360 tttaatctct ctctctctca cgtgtttcct tctcacattt cacttgtgca gttactcaaa 420 tagcccaggg tgatgttaca gatttacgtc cttataacaa gggaggcata tatggcttta 480 cacatgcttc tgaggtggcc ttacaaaagt gtcgggtcca taggataatt gactatgcac 540 cttttaaaat atttcaatat ccattacagt tagctcccac ccagtattat aagacttatg 600 taccaagcgt tatcttgggg tcatggatat ctacctatca tgtgctgttg gtttatgacc 660 atataattcg tgtgtacccc tttattcccg gtgaacactc tgttggaatt ggtgacttgg 720 gtctaagaaa cagtgttaat tttggaaagt attccggttg accttgacaa ctaccctgct 780 ttcataatat tcctgtccct atttaattat tggccctttt taaaattcac gtagcttttt 840 taaaacttct cctttacttt gatttcaccc cagggggggt tcccctttgg cccggtgtgt 900 taacc 905 50 698 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (289)..(367) a, c, g or t 50 gcggccgccg ggcaggtgcc agcgcagggc tttctgctga gggggcaggc ggagctgagg 60 aaaaccgcgt atgagttttg tgtctctttg aaagatagag tattaactca acaactactt 120 acaaaaaata tagtccagag gttactaaga tatgctgagc gttacgttag cacacgtaat 180 tcaatagctg aagatttgac gagaatcata ctgcaaagac ttacaagagt agcctgagga 240 aggagaagat actgggtttg ctaggacaca tgacggaggc tgagatgann nnnnnnnnnn 300 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 360 nnnnnnngga gcaggtcacc tgggtcggag ttagactagt ctggccaaca tggtgaaacc 420 ccgtctctac taaaaataca aaaatttgct gggtgtggtg gcgtgtgcct gtaatcccag 480 ctactcagga gactgaggca ggagaattgc ttgaacctgg gaggtggagg ttgcagtgag 540 ccgaagttgt gccattgcac tccaacctgg atgacaagag caaaactttg tctccaaaaa 600 aaaacataaa gaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaggtgggg gggaaaccat gggcacaaac 660 gggtccccgg ggggaaattt gtttcccgcc caaattca 698 51 406 DNA Homo sapien 51 gcccgggcag gtacaagctt tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt 60 ttgggaaaaa aaaaaagggc tctttttttt tcttggccca gggggctttt tgagaaaccc 120 ggggggtggc cacttttccc caaagggggt gattttgggg tggggccccc ttttcgcggg 180 gagaagggag cgcggtcgcc acacacgacg aggagatcac aagacgtctc cccacaatat 240 gtggggagga gttacacgct ggtgggaaac aacgtgggac aacgactgtg tccgtggggt 300 agaaatgggt cttcccgcgc acaaactcca ccacaaaatc atcagaagaa aaggggtatc 360 tacacaaaac gacacagaac ctccgcgcac atcacgagaa gatatg 406 52 725 DNA Homo sapien 52 gtggtcgcgg cgaggtctcg tgagccccct agaccatcac ggatgccgag cttcgggtaa 60 ctctcacagt ggaaggttcc cacgccgccc ctaatcccgc tcgaagcagc cctgagaaac 120 atcgcccatt ctctctccat atcacccccc aaaaattttg ccaccccaac acttcaacac 180 tatttgtttt atttttctta ttaatataag acggcaggaa tgtcaggcct ctgagcccaa 240 gccaagccat cgcatcccct gtgacttgca cgtatatgcc cagatggcct gaagtaactg 300 aagaatcaca aaagaagtga atatgctctg ccccacctta actgatgacc ttccaccaca 360 aaagaagtgt aaatggccgg tccttgcttt aagtgatgac attaccttgt gaaagtcctt 420 ttcctggctc atcctggctc aaaaatcacc cccactgagc accttgcaac cccactcctg 480 cctgccagag aacaaaccct ctttgactgt aattttcctt tacctaccca aatcctataa 540 aacggcccac ccttatctcc cttcgctgac tctctttttc ggactcagcc cgcctgcacc 600 caggtgaaat aaacagccac gttgctcaca aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aagcctgggg 660 gaacccgggc aaagcggccc ggggggaaat tgtttccgcc caatcaaaga aaaaaaaaag 720 gggag 725 53 968 DNA Homo sapien 53 ggtcatactc ctattcaccg ttctcaacta ctcatacatg ccctgctctt gtttacactg 60 ccggtttaca ctgtttttcc aagccatcac agctgatatc tcctggtgct atccccaaac 120 tgccactctt aactcttgaa gtaaataaat catctttgct ggcaggacta tgctgaatct 180 ccttaggcac tctctaatca gacatcctga gtcgtcccaa ttcttagacc ttttatacct 240 gtttttctcc ttctgttatt ccatttagtt tttcaattca tacaaaaccg tatccaggcc 300 atcaccaatc attctatatg acaaatgttt cttctaacat ccccacaatc tcacccctta 360 ccacaagacc tcccttcagc ttaatctctc ccactctagg ttcccacgcc gcccctaatc 420 ccgcttgaag cagccctgag aaacatcgcc cattctctct ccataccacc ccccaaaaat 480 gttcgccgcc ccaacacttc aacactattt tgttttattt ttcttattaa tataagaagg 540 caggaatgtc aggcctctga gcccaagcca agccatcgca tcccctgtga cttgcacgta 600 tacgcccaga tggcctgaag taactgaaga atcacaaaag aagtgaatag ccctgcccca 660 ccttaactga tgacattcca ccacaaaaga actgtaaatg gccggtgctt gccttaactg 720 atgacattac cttgtgaaag tccttttcct ggctcatcct ggctcaaaaa gcacccccac 780 tgagcacctt gcaaccccca ctcctgcctg ccagagaaca aacccccttt gactgtaatt 840 ttcctttacc tacccaaatc ctataaaacg gccccaccct tatcttccct tcgctgactc 900 tctttttgga ctcagcccgc ctgcacccag gtgaaataaa cagccatgtt gctcacaaaa 960 aaaaaaaa 968 54 679 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (393)..(393) a, c, g or t 54 cgccggccgg cgccggtgct cctgcaggaa taccgctaaa agcaccggag aggactgaga 60 tgtggatgtt gcgttttgtg cacttacggt ggcgtctgag ctccatggtc cccccaagta 120 gtgagctgca gccccgcatg gagaagagct ctgcgacggt tcaaccatac ggtaatgcga 180 gtgcgcactc agaccttgcg agcgtccccg cgaaccgtct cgtacacagg attcgtcctg 240 ggtcacctgg atacctgtag ttccttaaga catcgactgt gattgcgcca tgtggataga 300 acaggtaatt ttgctcactg cgttgtcgca tatatagttg ccaaactatg acgcgtgtcg 360 tttggtagac gctggtcaca tgctgctata ggnttggcct gtaaagtctc tggtcggtac 420 cgtggtgtgc ctggtagtca ttgtctgctg tatcgcgaca tctggttccg acgagcaagc 480 agtatggtag tcaaagaaac tccgggaaac gaaatgaact gcaaggcaga ttggattacc 540 cggatcctgg aagggctgat gcagaataag gatgaatggt agagggattg gaaaatgtct 600 ggttcaacta acgcctctac ttggtaatca cgctgaggtt agaatagggt ctaccctccc 660 cgaaacccac aaaacaaag 679 55 1618 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (408)..(408) a, c, g or t 55 gcccgcgccc gatgctgaac cgcccgactg agccgacagt gccggcgtct tggtcgattc 60 ggtccgatga tgctctcggt tgcgtctaca gcattggctg gtcctactgg tagacagagc 120 taggcacgtc atgcgtacat cccgattcac tcccagatcg tgtgacagaa atgcacgctg 180 agtagagtgc ttcgtagaca gacgagaatt tctaatatac taaagtgtcg tgaccaatga 240 cctttctggc cagctaacgg tacgcactat tgtgacaacg cttggagacg gcacatagtt 300 ctagcccttg actaagacgc tgggacgata gatcagtgcg gtcatacgca tgtcaccgtg 360 tgttgactct tcgtggatcc gctcgtacga attcctacgc gcacaacnat tacgggcaag 420 ccaaaagcgc aatcgcgtcc gctcacgcat agcttgtccc agtgatgctg tatgatggcg 480 taatatccct gcatcacatt gcactaacag tgacgtgcat tcggatccac gggaaaatcg 540 aggacaacct acaaggtgca agcacagcgc agttatggtg caggagaggt aaccatatta 600 acggcgattc caataaccga ataattccgc ggaggccacc gacgttgata tacacgtgcc 660 attgtcacag atctaaaagt gaggacagcc atatagggtt agggcacgct ttcggagttg 720 caccttattt ccgtggatat atcaccatga tgtgggtaga cactttaaag tttgcggcct 780 taacacgcca cttactttta ttccgtccct taaggaggac ctttataaag aacccatata 840 tataggaggg cggatacaca taacaagaga ccggttcaca caacaggaca gaataaagta 900 caacgaactt ccccggtttc gggaacgcag gctaataaaa caggcgttag tggcgggtaa 960 catccaatga ggctccaatt aagggcttgg tatccccctg ggtgcttgaa agcaagcccg 1020 gtattcattc cccggggtcc caccaaaatg tccaccgaca acagacgaag aggaacgaca 1080 aacagacaac gagaaccgaa cgagtgacca aagcagagca acacagaagc caaggaggac 1140 cacgaaaaca aagataagaa gacagacgca gcaacacgaa agacggagat aagaaccaaa 1200 gaggaaacac aaagggaaat caaccacgaa acgacaaaca agcaaaacag aacaccaagc 1260 ccaacaaaca aacacaaaaa gcaagagaga aaaacaccaa gaaaacaaaa gaaacaaaac 1320 aaaaacaaac gacgcaggcg aacacagaaa cgagcgacaa aatcagaacc agacagcaca 1380 caggcgagga cgaaccgacc acgccaccaa ctccgaaccc gcgagcacca gcgagaacac 1440 cgcaaaagca agaagcgaag ccacaacaca gaccacgagg acagaccaga gagagcaaag 1500 agcgaaagca gacgagcgcg aaacacgcag cgcagaagag aacagaagaa gaaaaagaac 1560 acacagaaac aagacgacag gcaagaagca ggaaagacga gccgcccacc cacgccgg 1618 56 1875 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (359)..(359) a, c, g or t 56 cgtgcgcccg ggcgtgtgac caggacttcc tggttttcca tacttaactg tggccacagc 60 gatgccggta tcggtctatg agtagacatg tgagtctagg ccccctgtga gtcccaagaa 120 tctgctctat acagcatcaa gtcgtggccg tcgactagcg tagtatctgg cgactcaatc 180 cctcatagac caatggttca cactgatatg tgaatgctag cgaattacgg tgctgcggcg 240 tacgtgggtc atgggcagaa gtgacctggg cgcaccgggc atgagcgatc gggtagatcg 300 actaagacta tggtctcgcc gtgtgcccat cgtggaccca agacagaagc acgtaacang 360 cacaatggtg cctattccgg tgtcatcgag ggcttgtgga tccagcgcat gatatagtac 420 gccaaggttg gcgatctcgt tgggacgcga tgtgagggnc cttcgacgtc gcaattccat 480 gtgcagacgt ataacgtctt gtagttctcc aatancgcat agatatatac acatggatag 540 ttggaaacaa ttgcttatac atcacggcct catgcggggg ttgtcacaac caagcgtagg 600 caaatcaggg gaaaccggca aatcccccgc gggggggtgt gtagagcacc gtgtggtggt 660 gtatatcctc cggagggcgc tacacgacag agttttctcc cacacacaca gaaattttcg 720 gcgacagaag caacacacca caggcggagc agaaagccag gagcagcaca aaggagcagg 780 agagaaagaa acacaaagaa gtagaacaga acaacgaaca acaaagacaa aataacataa 840 caagaaaagt aagtaaaaaa gagagagcag cacatagaag caggtcacac gacaactctc 900 agagagcaca ccgtacacac agtacaaacc cacaagaagt acaaagaagc aaaagacaac 960 acagagaggc taaatcagaa gagcaacaca acaagtagaa gggaaagcac aaacatcaca 1020 aagcacaggc atagataaaa cgcgaacaca gaaaactgca cagtaagaga gcgtagtact 1080 aaacgacgag ccacagccga ccagcagaca ggcgacagct agttacaaga gggacgggag 1140 agcacacgcg aacagacacg agccgagcaa tgcacacccc accagcagca cagcacacca 1200 aagagtcaca aaaaaccgtc gacgacaagt cacacacaca cacacaggta gcacaggcaa 1260 aagacacaga cgagcagcag gcaacactaa agacgagagg aagaatatac acagacaggc 1320 aagacacaac aacaaacgaa caaacgaacg ggacataacc aacagagaaa gtagcgaaaa 1380 accacacaga agagaaacac agaaagaagg agcacaatac gaaggaccgc gagagagaga 1440 cacagcaaaa gaagaagaga tagtcagcaa gccagagcaa aacgacacac acagaagcaa 1500 caacaagaac gccagcaagc cacagagcac agcaggaaaa aatagcagaa cacagacaag 1560 aagacagcga ccaaaagaag gacgccgcaa aaggaaagac gagaagcacc cacacacagg 1620 gcaggacaaa acacacaaag agaaagaagc cagaactcac acaagcgcat gagaggaagc 1680 gcgaagaacg acaacaaaca taaagataag agacgacaag ggaggagaag tgataacacg 1740 cgacaaggag caaggcgaac agtgaaagga gcagcggaca agaaaaggga caagagaagg 1800 caagacggac agaacgacag agaggaaagg caacagcagc aagcagtaga agggcagtcg 1860 acaacacaaa gcact 1875 57 781 DNA Homo sapien 57 gcgtggtcgc ggcgaggtct cgtgagcccc ctagaccatc acggatgccg agcttcgggt 60 aactctcaca gtggaaggtt cccacgccgc ccctaatccc gctcgaagca gccctgagaa 120 acatcgccca ttctctctcc atatcacccc ccaaaaattt ttgccacccc aacacttcaa 180 cactattttg ttttattttt cttattaata taagacggca ggaatgtcag gcctctgagc 240 ccaagccaag ccatcgcatc ccctgtgact tgcacgtata tgcccagatg gcctgaagta 300 actgaagaat cacagaagaa gtgaatatgc tctgccccac cttaactgat gaccttccac 360 cacaaaagaa gtgtaaatgg ccggtccttg ctttaagtga tgacattacc ttgtgaaagt 420 ccttttcctg gctcatcctg gctcaaaaat cacccccact gagcaccttg caacccccac 480 tcctgcctgc cagagaacaa accctctttg actgtaattt tcctttacct acccaaatcc 540 tataaaacgg cccaccctta tctcccttcg ctgactctct tttcggactc agcccgcctg 600 cacccaggtg aaataaacag ccacgttgct cacaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa acaaaaaaag 660 gcgtggggaa ccctgggcca aagcctgtcc ccggtgttga aattgtttct ccgtcccaat 720 cccattattt gacacaaaca atcgtaaaaa aacgaaacaa aaacacaaaa ccataaaaaa 780 a 781 58 5434 DNA Homo sapien 58 atggctgaga atacaaattc aggtaagatg aagagaaaag cccacctgca cccacgtgaa 60 ataaacagct ttattgctca cacaaagcct gtttggtggt ctctttacat ggacacacat 120 gaaatttggt gccgtgactc ggatcggggg acctcccttg ggaaatcaat cccctgtcct 180 cctgttcttt gctccatgag aaagatccac ctacgacctc aggtcctcac accgaccagc 240 ccaaggaaca tctcaccaat tttaaatcag cggcaagtcc cgctttcctg gggcaggggc 300 aagtacccct caacccctcc tccttcaccc ttagcggcaa gtcccgcttt tctgggggag 360 gggcaaacca tcacggaccc cgagcttcgg gtaactctca cagtggaagt ggctgccgct 420 gcattaatac ttttagaggc cctcaaaatc acaaactatg ctcaactcac tctctacagc 480 tctcataatt tccaaaattt attttcttcc tcacaccgga cacatacact ttctgctccc 540 cggctccttc agctatactc actctttgtt gagtctccca caattaccat tgttcctggt 600 ctggacttca atccggcctc ccacattatt ccggatacca cacctgaccc tcatgactgc 660 atctctctga tccacctgac gttcacccca tttccccata tttccttctt ccctgtttct 720 caccctgatc acacttggtt tattgatggc agttccacca ggcctaatca ccactcacca 780 gcaaaggcag gctatgctgt agtatcttcc acatctatca ttgaggctac cactctgccc 840 ctctccacta cctctcagca agccgaacta gttgccttaa ctcaagccct cactcttgca 900 aaaggactac gcgtcaatat ctatactgat tctaaatgtg cctttcatat tctgcaccat 960 catgcagtca tatgggctga aagaggtttc ctcactacac aagggtcctc catcattaat 1020 gcctcttcaa taaaaactct gctcaaggcc gctttacttc caaaagaagc tggggtcatt 1080 cactgcaagg ggcatcaaaa gccgtcagat cccattgctc taggcaatgc ttatgctgat 1140 aaggtggcta gacaagcagc tagctctcca acttctgtcc ctcacggcca gtttttctcc 1200 ttcacttcgg tcactcccac ctactccccc tctgaaactt ccccctatca atctcttccc 1260 acacaaggca aatggttctt agaccaagga aaatatctcc ttccagcctc acaggtccat 1320 tctattctgt cgtcatttca aaacctcttc cacgtaggtt acaagccgct agcccgtctc 1380 ttagaacctc tcatttcctt tccatcatgg aaatctatcc tcaaggagat cacttctcag 1440 tgttccatct gctattctac tacccctcaa ggattgttca ggcctcctcc cattcctaca 1500 catcaagctc ggagatttgc ccctgcccag gactggcaga ttgactttac tcacaagcct 1560 cgagtcagaa aactaaaata tctcttagtc tgggtagaca ctttcactgg atgggtagag 1620 gccttcccca cagggtctga gaaggccacc gcggtcgttt cttcccttct gtcagacata 1680 attcctcggt ttggccttcc cacctctata cagtctgata acggaccggc ctttattagt 1740 caaatcaccc aagcagtttc tcaggctctt ggtattcagt ggaatcttca tatcccttac 1800 catcctcaat cttcaagaaa ggtagaacgg actaatggtc ttttaaaggc acacctcacc 1860 aagctcagcc tccaacttaa aaaggattgg acagtacttt tacctcttgc tcttctcagc 1920 atcacagcct gtcctcgaga tgctacaggg tacagtcctt ttgaactttt atatggacgc 1980 actttcttgc ttggccccaa cctcatccca gacaccagcc ctctaggcga ctatcttcca 2040 gtcctccagc aggctagaca ggaaattcgc caggctgcta atcttctctt gcctactcca 2100 gatccccagc catacgaaga caccctagct ggacaatcag ttcttgttaa gaatctgacc 2160 cctcaaactc tacaacctca atggaccgga ccctacttag tcatctatag taccctgact 2220 gccgtccgcc tgcaggatcc tccccactgg gttcaccatt ccagaataaa gctgtgtcca 2280 tcggacagcc agcctaatcc ctcctcttcc tcctggaagt tgcaagtact ctcccctact 2340 tcccttaaac tcactcacag gtccagcaag acttccccag acatttcaca tcagcaagct 2400 gccgccctcc ttcacactta tttaaaaaac ctttctcctt gtattaactc tactcccccc 2460 atatttggac ctctcacaac acaaactact attcctgtgg ctgctccttt atgtatctct 2520 cggcagagac ccactggaat tcccctgggt aatctttcac cttctcgatg ttcctttact 2580 cttcatctcc gaagcccaac tacacacatc actgaaacaa ttggagcctt ccagctccat 2640 attacagaca agccctctat caatactgac aaacttaaaa acattagcag taattattgc 2700 ttaggaagac acttgccctc tatttcactc catccttggc taccttcccc ttgctcatca 2760 gactctcctc ccaggccctc ttctcgttta cttataccca gccccaaaaa taacagtgaa 2820 aggttgctcg tagatactca acgttttctc atacaccatg aaaatcgaac ctccccctct 2880 acgcagttac cccatcagtc cccattacaa cctctgacag ctgcctccct agctggatcc 2940 ctaggaatct gggtacaaga cacccctttc agcactcctc atctttttac tttacatctc 3000 cagttttgcc tcacacaagg tctcttcttc ctctgtggat cctctaccta catgtgtcta 3060 cctgctaatt ggacaggcac atgcacacta gtcttcctta cccccaaaat tcaatttgca 3120 aatgggaccg aagagctccc tgttcccctc atgacaccga cacgacaaaa aagagttatt 3180 ccactaattc ccttgatggt cggtttagga ctttctgcct ccactattgc tctcggtact 3240 ggaatagcag gcatttcaac ctctgtcacg accttccgta gcctgtctaa tgacttctct 3300 gctagcatca cagacatatc acaaacttta tcagtcctcc aggcccaagt tgactcttta 3360 gctgcagttg tcctccaaaa ccgccgaggc cttgacttac tcactgctga aaaaggagga 3420 ctctgcatat tcttaaatga ggagtgttgt ttttacctaa atcaatctgg cctggtgtat 3480 gacaacataa aaaaactcaa ggatagagcc caaaaacttg ccaaccaagc aagtaattat 3540 gctgaacccc cttgggcact ctctaatcgg atgtcctggg tcctcccaat tcttagtcct 3600 ttaataccca tttttcttct tcttttattc tgaccttgta tcttctgttt agtttctcaa 3660 ttcatccaaa accgtatcca ggccatcacc aatcattcta tatgacaaat gtttcttcta 3720 acaaccccac aatatcaccc tttaccacaa gatctccctt cagcttaatc tctcccaatc 3780 taggttccca cgccgtccct aatcccgctt gaagcagccc tgagaaacat cgcccattct 3840 ctctctccat accacccccc aaaaattttc gccgccccaa cacttcaaca ctattttgtt 3900 ttatttttct tattaataga agaaggcaag aatgtcaggc ctctgagccc aagccaagcc 3960 atcgcatccc ctgtgacttg cacgtatacg cccagatggc ctgaagtaac tgaagaatca 4020 caaaagaagt gaaaatgccc tgccccacct taactgatga cattccacca caaaagaagt 4080 gtaaatggcc ggtccttgcc ttaactgatg acattacctt gtgaaagtcc tttgcctggc 4140 tcatcctggc tcaaaaagca cccccactga gcaccttgca accccactcc tgcccgccag 4200 agaacaaacc ccctttgact gtaattttcc tttacctacc caaatcctat aaaacggccc 4260 cacccttatc tcccttcact gactctcttt tcggactcag cctgcctgca cccaggtgaa 4320 ataaacagcc atgttgctca cacaaagcct gtttggtggt ctcttcacac ggactcacat 4380 gaaatttggt gccgtgactc ggatcggggg acctcccttg ggggatcaat cccctgtcct 4440 cctgctcttt gctccgtgaa aaagatccac ttacgatctc agggcctcag acccaccagc 4500 ccaaggaaca tctcaccaat tttaaatcag gaccccactg aaaatcggac tgttcaactg 4560 cacctggcag ccactcgcag agcccctgaa accctggccc aagggtctct gactgactcc 4620 ttcccagatc ttctcagctt agcagctgaa gactgacact gcccaattgc ctcggaagcc 4680 ccctagacca tcacggatgc cgagcttcgg gtaactctca cagtggaagg ttcccacgcc 4740 gcccctaatc ccgctcgaag cagccctgag aaacatcgcc cattctctct ccatatcacc 4800 ccccaaaaat ttttgccacc ccaacacttc aacactattt tgttttattt ttcttattaa 4860 tataagacgg caggaatgtc aggcctctga gcccaagcca agccatcgca tcccctgtga 4920 cttgcacgta tatgcccaga tggcctgaag taactgaaga atcacaaaag aagtgaatat 4980 gctctgcccc accttaactg atgaccttcc accacaaaag aagtgtaaat ggccggtcct 5040 tgctttaagt gatgacatta ccttgtgaaa gtccttttcc tggctcatcc tggctcaaaa 5100 atcaccccca ctgagcacct tgcaaccccc actcctgcct gccagagaac aaaccctctt 5160 tgactgtaat tttcctttac ctacccaaat cctataaaac ggccccaccc ttatctccct 5220 tcgctgactc tcttttcgga ctcagcccgc ctgcacccag gtgaaataaa cagccacgtt 5280 gctcacaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaacaaaaa aaggcgtggg gaaccctggg ccaaagcctg 5340 tccccggtgt tgaaattgtt tctccgtccc aatcccatta tttgacacaa acaatcgtaa 5400 aaaaacgaaa caaaaacaca aaaccataaa aaaa 5434 59 1106 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (364)..(364) a, c, g or t 59 gcggccgccg ggcaggtacc cacatactac ccgccagagg ctgacccgcg ctagatagag 60 taccctacta cccagatagc tagtaccatg ggctatctac tagatagaag gcggctggct 120 caccaggcta cctgcagacc aaaaacgaca tgcagcgaat catggctgac tcttatccaa 180 aataacttaa cttacgtcct cagccaagaa tgccatatgg accgcacgtc tggcaagctt 240 accccttctg acattgggac ggaaataaaa atgatggcat atttatatgc aagtggcgag 300 acattggacc agagagggaa ggggaacctc agcacgggag accgcagcaa tcaaccgaac 360 cacnccttta ccgggtttgt ggggttatgg gggattgggg tgtttggtgt gtgtgtgatt 420 gtgtttttgg ggttattttc atttttgggg ggggttgcca acaaaccaac agcgaataaa 480 cacgagacag tagcagacgc ataagacaac accgaccaaa ctagaggcag acagcaccga 540 cgaaaccggc aaagccgaca tcaacaataa aaaaacacaa ctacaacagg cacgacccag 600 acaaacaaca aagatcaaaa cacacaggac aacaacaaag aaacaaaagc aacaatagaa 660 cgcacaaacc aacacaaaga aaaacacata aaataagacc atagatagcc aaggaaagcc 720 cagagcacga cagacccgag gataacgcga gggagacagt ttcagctgag ctgagcggag 780 gaagtggccg agggggagcc gccgctcggc aggtgggtgt ctggagtata ggtatgacga 840 ctgcagggct gatggagcta agtgctgcgc ggttcggaaa cgcgtaacgc ggagtaagcc 900 gcgatgagtg gcggaggctc gggtcagagg ctgacccagc gcgtaccgta ggacccagcg 960 ggcaagggcc gaaggaagat gtttgcaaga acccgtttgg ggcgacaccc aagaaagcag 1020 tcggagtaga gaaggaacca ggaagagcgc gagaggtgac ttatcatgaa tgactcaggt 1080 ttggcgaaga cgagggaaag cacgca 1106 60 122 DNA Homo sapien 60 cacaacatac gagcagagag cgaggccaga agacttggcc tgagtcggga agttagtcgt 60 ctgatctgac gttctacgta cttgtatttt tattgaagga ctgatgagcc ctgctacctc 120 cc 122 61 929 DNA Homo sapien 61 tggtctgttc tgtgctgctg tgctgatgct ggtatcatgc tcacgtcaaa tgtgctggta 60 atactgtgtt atcacacaga acatcatgtg ggataactgc agtgaacaga acagtgtgac 120 gcaacaagtg ccatgcaaga atggccatgt gacacctgta cacaaacggc ctgcgtatga 180 ctggccgtaa taatccagca acaagctata ctgacgcaca acacccgcaa acacaccaaa 240 agcacacaaa cggaagaacg acacgagcac acaagcaagc agcacaacaa gcacgcagcc 300 aacagaccag acaagcacaa gagcaaccca ccaaagagac agacaacaca acagagagaa 360 gaagacaacg caacgcagaa cagaaaaacg cacaagaaag ccagcagaag cagaaacacc 420 cgaaaggaac agaaagaaaa gcagaaagga acgaaacaaa agaagagaga agacaagaag 480 agaaacagca cacaaacgca gacaaggaga gagaaagaaa gactcaaacg agcagagaaa 540 caaagacggg agacagagga gaagagacaa ggacagcgaa gagacagaag aaagaaacaa 600 agaagcagac aacggccaga gaggacgaga agacaaacag gcgaagaaga caggaagaga 660 cgaaaacgac gaagaagagg acagcagaga acaacgcaga gagaagaaaa aagaagaaga 720 gagacggaca gcaggagaca gaaaggagga acaaagacaa acgagaggag cagaacaaga 780 gagacaagct acgaccgacg agcgaagaga gacacaagca agaacaacag agagcgacgg 840 gcacacgcag agcagcgagc agccaaggag acaagagaag agaacagaga cacgacgaga 900 aagaataacg acacgagaag aagagagga 929 62 598 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (270)..(270) a, c, g or t 62 ggcgacggga aaaatgactc atcatatagg gcgactgggt ccactagatg cctgctcgag 60 cggccgcagt gtgatggatt tttttttttt ttttttttcc tttttttttt tttttgggtt 120 tttttttttt ttaaaaaaaa aaaaaaggcc cgttaatttt tcctttggcc cactggggcc 180 tctttttgaa accctgttgt tgttcgccaa cctcttcccc caaaggaggg gattcctccg 240 ggtgtgtggg acgcacaagt ctctctcagn ggtgtgagaa aggagccctt gggcaccacc 300 acacagagag gacagagatg actctcacan anancactct ctctctctca catatgtgtg 360 tggcagagat actctcacag cgccttgcgg tggtaagcac tcgtgtgagt cacaatacgg 420 ctgtgtatct cacggcgtgg tgtgtagata gatgtgtgtt atctctccct gactctacac 480 acataatcta ctcccacaca cacaaacaat ctccgcagga acacacaaca aangggaaag 540 gaacgctgag caaagaccaa cgcgaagaga gacaacaagg cagaagtcaa gcgagaca 598 63 820 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (536)..(536) a, c, g or t 63 ccggcccggg ccggtgttgc gggcggcggg acactcccct cgccggggcg ccgtgcgtgt 60 atgtgggtct cacacgattt cagggcctgg ctactgggat tggtgtccgc tcatggatgg 120 atggccaatc tggggggata aagtgatgtg gcagttgtag taacttgcgc gaacactgct 180 cactctccgc agttcgtcgc tacgtgccta gtggttatag gacgtccctg ttgtcaacgc 240 tcaggcggtt cgtggatcgc gttgggggta ccttcccagg catgtgctgt ggactattcg 300 ggctttggag cgatggtcat tgcacacgcg taaaggagag ttcgcgcgcg tgtctgtgca 360 ggcgtcctcg tacgctgcga gccgacttga tctggccctc ctccttgttg tagttgcccc 420 tagttggccc cttttactac ctagtacgcg cctatatctt gaacttatct attcaattta 480 tttacctttg gccaattgaa tttttggagg actcattgcc attgacacat tcactnagaa 540 acggcgagaa aaggaagaac aaacagggaa caaaaataac acagcgtggg agaagacgaa 600 cgagagggaa aaagcgggga gaccccgggg tgtgacacat tggtggaaca cgcgggggac 660 acacaaagtt ctcccagcaa aacacaacga cgcaaccaaa ctaggagaca aaaaagaaca 720 gaaaacaaag aaaaaaaacg agaaaacgaa caaaaaaaag acgaaagaac aaaaacaaaa 780 acaaaaaagg gaaaaaaaga aaaaagagaa agaagaagaa 820 64 1305 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (1021)..(1021) a, c, g or t 64 cccacgcgtc cggcggctgg accgcgctgc aggcatccgc agggcgcggc aagatggagg 60 tgacgggggt gtcggcaccc acggtgaccg ttttcatcag cagctccctc aacaccttcc 120 gctccgagaa gcgatacagc cgcagcctca ccatcgctga gttcaagtgt aaactggagt 180 tgctggtggg cagccctgct tcctgcatgg aactggagct gtatggagtt gacgacaagt 240 tctacagcaa gctggatcaa gaggatgcgc tcctgggctc ctaccctgta gatgacggct 300 gccgcatcca cgtcattgac cacagtggcg cccgccttgg tgagtatgag gacgtgtccc 360 gggtggagaa gtacacgatc tcacaagaag cctacgacca gaggcaagac acggtccgct 420 ctttcctgaa gcgcagcaag ctcggccggt acaacgagga ggagcgggct cagcaggagg 480 ccgaggccgc ccagcgcctg gccgaggaga aggcccaggc cagctccatc cccgtgggca 540 gccgctgtga ggtctcacac gatttcaggg cctggctact gggattggtg tccgctcatg 600 gatggatggc caatctgggg ggataaagtg atgtggcagt tgtagtaact tgcgcgaaca 660 ctgctcactc tccgcagttc gtcgctacgt gcctagtggt tataggacgt ccctgttgtc 720 aacgctcagg cggttcgtgg atcgcgttgg gggtaccttc ccaggcatgt gctgtggact 780 attcgggctt tggagcgatg gtcattgcac acgcgtaaag gagagttcgc gcgcgtgtct 840 gtgcaggcgt cctcgtacgc tgcgagccga cttgatctgg ccctcctcct tgttgtagtt 900 gcccctagtt ggcccctttt actacctagt acgcgcctat atcttgaact tatctattca 960 atttatttac ctttggccaa ttgaattttt ggaggactca ttgccattga cacattcact 1020 nagaaacggc gagaaaagga agaacaaaca gggaacaaaa ataacacagc gtgggagaag 1080 acgaacgaga gggaaaaagc ggggagaccc cggggtgtga cacattggtg gaacacgcgg 1140 gggacacaca aagttctccc agcaaaacac aacgacgcaa ccaaactagg agacaaaaaa 1200 gaacagaaaa caaagaaaaa aaacgagaaa acgaacaaaa aaaagacgaa agaacaaaaa 1260 caaaaacaaa aaagggaaaa aaagaaaaaa gagaaagaag aagaa 1305 65 759 DNA Homo sapien 65 tcgcgcgcga ggtacatgct ggacaaccct ctaactgacc ctctcacctc gtctttgtcg 60 actcccctac agtgtcggcg gtgaaccggg gtggggcagc acctcctagg tccttccctc 120 tcctaaccta ctccgggccc gtgtcagctc ctggctactg tgactcaccg acagtctgtc 180 ggcccagcaa ctggacgaca tctacttcct gttgtcatag cggcatgcgc aagactgtga 240 aggacgccag aacggtcgtc ggctgagcac aggggtccgt ccacgactct tgcctctcat 300 atctccccag cgcgtccacg cgactctccc ttcccgagca ctcctgggcg tgttccaccc 360 agcgatcagc ctatgcgtat gcgcggtgaa ccccaacttg ggaaggacag cggcaaaacg 420 tctgtcaatc ttttgcctca atgaatctgc ccgctgtaga tgtgctggtc agtatcctcg 480 cggggtccac gagtccccag tgccccaact ccttcaggac cagcgctgct tccttgggat 540 cctaccccgc ctccaggtga taagaagggg ggggttgccc ccgttaagaa aggccaaacc 600 ccccccccaa acaacgccgg cccggaaaaa aataaccaac gaacgtctgt ttttccttta 660 acctgttcaa aaaaaaacaa gaagaaaaaa aagaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa agagccgtgg 720 ggagaaaacc acgggggcac aaagggttta acccggggg 759 66 1450 DNA Homo sapien 66 ctagaattac tacagaagca agtacgatgc agtgggatgg ggccgtgcct acactaaata 60 tattgctggt tatcctggga cagctggaag ctgtgtcccc ttagccttac agaggcttgg 120 tggtgtcatg ggccccatca ccttgcacat ccaccttcat tgcctagaca gtgttagact 180 atggagaaag acaactgaca ggatcgcaga gccacggaga tcacatcaag gtgacgaggg 240 gaagcagggg cattgatatg tctatagatt tggagcatta catatagttc gcaaggcatt 300 tgggaagaaa aacctagtag tttgattcca cctcgaacaa cagcatatcc aagacccagt 360 acaaaagagc gagaagatgc cataccacat aacggcatgg attcagggat cgacacgtcg 420 taaacaccat tgtggcgata cttactatgg gacacttggg ggttcacaag agacaagcaa 480 aaacaacaca cacagagcaa agaaagaaca agaagacaac aaaaaagacg gagagagcga 540 gggagaatac acacacaaag acggggcaca acaaaaagag gcagaggtac acacacgaca 600 gtgggtgtac acaaaaacag gagacagaag aagcgaggcc acccaacaaa gaaatcaaca 660 caccaacaag aagaagccac atccacgtcg gcgccgcgag agagggggga cggggaagac 720 ggcaggcgag ggagaagaga agaaagagag acgaggcgcg gcgcagaaag agagagacga 780 gaggacacgg cgagaaagga gggaagcaga gaaaaaaaga gaccagggag agaggagggc 840 gcaagcgacg gggcagagcg gcaggaacac tcgaggagga gaaagggaga gcgagacaag 900 gcagagagag aaggagggga gagaaggaag aggaggacac caaggcgagg ggaaagagaa 960 gagacaacgg aagaggagga agcacgagga agggcgacgg agagagcgag aaggccacga 1020 gaagacagaa agggagagag gagaagacac agacgccaag aggaagcgca gaaggagcaa 1080 agggagacgc aagagcaaga gcagggaaag acagacgaga gagggaacgc agaaccacag 1140 ggacgacaga aagagcagaa acgaaggaaa aagagcaggc acagcacgac agagacacaa 1200 acaagacaga aaaaaacgaa acgaaaagag aagagacgaa gcagcaacgc aaagaagaca 1260 cagacagagg gaagaacgaa gagacgaagg aagaagagag cacacaaaaa gaggacaaag 1320 atcaaaagag agaagaaaca caagaaaacg aagagacaga agacccagag acacgaaaca 1380 agacgacaca gaaacacacg accaagaacg agcacagaag gaacagacac agaagagaca 1440 cgaagaaaca 1450 67 846 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (584)..(584) a, c, g or t 67 gagcggccgc ccgggcaggt acaaaaagaa ctcccacaac tcaacaacaa aaaaactgtt 60 caaaaatggg caaaggtttg aatgtggttt tgttgcagtc tatcttaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 120 aaacaggcaa aggacttgaa tagacttcct tcttaagagg gtttgccatt gggcccaatt 180 aagcttctaa caagatactg ggatatcact aatcattaag ggaaatgcta atcaaaacca 240 caagatacca cctcatgccc attacaaggg ctactatcaa aagaacaaaa aataagtttg 300 ggaagaatgt ggataaatgg gacactctgg tatactggtt gggggggaaa gtgaaatggg 360 tatagccact ggtgggacaa tgttcagtcc tcaaaaaatt aaactagaat tggccaaatg 420 aaccagcaat cccacttctg gggtattatg cccaaaagaa aacagggctg gggcgcaggg 480 gcttacactt gtgatcccag cacttgggga ggccaagtgg ggcggatcac aaggttcgga 540 gatcgagacc atcctggcca catggtgaac cctgtctcta ctanaaatag aacatattag 600 ctgggcgggg tggctggccc tgtatatccc agcacgtttg aagtcaggcg gtgggataac 660 ctgaggtcgg gtcaagacca gctggccatg tggcaaaccc tgtctcttct aaataccaat 720 tagtgggctg ggcctgccct gtaatccgct atcggaggct gggcgggaat gctgactgaa 780 gggagttgca gttggttaat ggctcgtacg gttttgacct atgagctggg actgcacgcc 840 ggaagt 846 68 326 DNA Homo sapien 68 tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttg ggaaaaaaaa ataggcccgt gagtttttcc 60 ttggatcact gggcactttt tgaaaccctg cggtgtgcca acccttcccc caagaggggg 120 atttcagggg gggacccaat tcctcagggg tggaagtgac ctgggaccac acagagccgg 180 gactctacag acccctccct cattagtggc aggaatacag cttgggttac ccagtgctca 240 tagcctgtcg cgtgtgtgaa atggttactc gcctcaaatc cacacaacat ccgagcaaat 300 taacaaggca caaaaaacca aaccga 326 69 886 DNA Homo sapien 69 gctggccgcc cgggctggta cgtgccaagc tttcctcgtc gagcgacccc gagagccctg 60 gggagcggtg ggcttgccgg cccgatcgca ctcatttatc ccggagacag gggtatgagg 120 ctctctcgtg cgatgtatgt gggttgtagc agcatgcctc atgcgatcac ggcagcatga 180 ggaagacgtt cccctgcatg ccacctgcgt ctatggtccg acggttgaag cgttgctgac 240 taggcaggtg acatgacggg taggccgttc gcgagttcca aggcagcggc gcatggcggt 300 gggtccttcg tacgtgtgtt cgtccgtgcc ttgccgctag ttgcgtcttc ccatctcgca 360 tcgagtcgaa ctgtttctgc tgtggaatta tgacacgcgc tttgagcgct agggcgacgg 420 ttctacgtgc ttgaactcgt tgggtgttct tttgggctca gtgtctcatt ctcgcggagt 480 gactggggtg cgccaggggc tgcttaccat caggggcccg tgcagactct aacgccataa 540 agcccgtcaa tcttcctgag cattgaccta tgggccgggc ctgatataac tttaggtggg 600 attccctgag tcgctcgagt taaccaaagt catatggtgg ggtagatcga tgggattcaa 660 ttacgccttt ggcttatcct cgcgttggct cgttttgaca aagttcgttt ccttttcccg 720 ggagttccac ccagaatttt tccccatcta actaaacata ttcctgaacg gacgcgcaaa 780 acaaaagggg aaccgcacta atcaatacga accactcata catccagccg tgaaacacgc 840 agaagccatc gccaacgaga gaccaccaca caaacggcac cctaga 886 70 747 DNA Homo sapien 70 gataatcata tggcaatggg cctctaatgc atgctcgagc ggcgcagtgt gatggattgg 60 ctcgcggacg tggtaaccct gattcaaata taattccatg agaagctgga ctaaggacat 120 atattcattc attcaatatt catgtgtgtg tgtgttagag acagggttcg agcggcggat 180 ggtgagatcg gctgttcgca gcaggggacg gtcgggatgg acaaagacgc ggactccaga 240 tctggggagc cctgcagacc tagaccgcat cttgcctgac tcagttccct gaagctcttg 300 tcgatctact ggccgtgaag gcgtacaaat tctagggtca gctgtatgca ctaagctcaa 360 aagtcaagtg agattgcttc ctccctctcg caagccgaag cccaaaagtt cttgagcaac 420 gatgtagtgt acatcgcagg agaggagcga taatacagtc agttgttatg cacttaatat 480 agggaacgat ttctcgatgt gctgatcacg aacaaacact ttaagtttga ccaggaattc 540 taacctgtcg tctggtagta tatagtgcac taaaagtgta ggtgtcaaca tattactaaa 600 gcaaagctta tatttcaatt aataaggggg agttaggcgc ctttataagt ctagcaaaag 660 agtaaaaaca acacacagag agcctgggcg acacgggaga ccatacgggt cccgggggga 720 agtgttatgc cggacaacca caaaaag 747 71 1374 DNA Homo sapien 71 tgctgtgtgg atgatgtgct gtgttttgcg tatttgtggc tgctcttcct gcttccatct 60 gcatcactag ccatccgact tgcgctctgt gtctgttctg gctgctgtgc gagctggtat 120 catgctcact caaatgtgct gtgtaatact gtgttatcca catgaatcat gtgggataac 180 tgcatgtgaa atgaacatcg ttgatgcaaa atgtgccatg caaaatgtgc catgtgaacc 240 tgtaaacaat ggccggcgat ttgcgttggc tgtaagtatg tccagcaacg agacatactg 300 agtccagagg acaggggaga agtagaagac acaggagaag agagaggaag aagagaagaa 360 aggacaacaa acggagacca gcgcggcagc aacaagcacg cgacagaggc gagagcagag 420 acaggagaag agagaccagc gacggcagcg acagagcacc gaacaacaaa gagggcgatg 480 gcgggtcgca gcaacagaag aagggtgata gagatatgac ggaggaggag aatgagttag 540 aagaggtgat gtctattaga gagcccaaag acgaagaaga aaatgagaag agagcgaccg 600 agggatagaa gaagaagaaa aggcgcaggg acgagggaga gggagcgcga aggggaagag 660 gaggcgcaag cggcgccagg acaggccgag agcggaagag gcgggaagag cgacagagag 720 gcgagggcac acaagaaggc aagcgacacc agaagagaca ccgcgcagag caagggggag 780 gacccagaga gagaggggcg aaggagagag ggggacgcag accccaggac gcggggccag 840 gccaggagac acggaaggca gagagaggag ggaggaggca agaagagaga gcggaccagg 900 gggccacgca gcggagacga ggagagacga gcgcaggcac agcggcaggc gcggcggcgg 960 ggaggagagc gagcgagcgg gcgagcgaga aggagcgtca ccaaaggagg gaggagcaga 1020 ccgcacagcc gaagagcgcg gcgccaggaa acggaagaga gagagagagg agaccgagga 1080 cgaacacgag aaaaggggag gacgagacgg cggaacagag cgcgcggacg acggccgccg 1140 agcacccggc aagcaggcac cacgagacag accgagcgga agcaggcgcg cgcaagaccg 1200 aacaggccaa cgagcgaagc acgagcgaag cgacaagcgc accaagatgc gaaccaggca 1260 gccgacgaag aagggcaaga ccacaagaga agacgacccg ggagagagga gagaggacag 1320 ccagaggcag cacacacgaa cagctgaggg ccgaagccga gccacagacg gcac 1374 72 578 DNA Homo sapien 72 cacaacatac gagcatacga gcatctcccc aaatcccggc cgccacgggc caggacaagt 60 gccccactcc ttgaatcacc gcaatgatct ttttccgttc accggccccg tcagggcacc 120 ccgagatgtc tccaacctcg caccaatagt taacagcggt cgaagcaccc cctcaggggc 180 cccttgacat acatcttgtg cacaacagca gccccgagaa gcatgtggct gggggagcat 240 aacacagacc atggaacttt ctgtctcgga gagaacaccc ggggtgatcc cttctgcaaa 300 tagctggcgg atcaccgaag tgcacagcgt agagtcatcc ccaccgttcg agaggactct 360 cacatccagt gattgaacac acttactctt tatcacacca ggtggtgaga gctgtctaga 420 tggacctcgc agactagatc atagaccccc ttcgacccgt ggatgccggg ggtcatggga 480 gggccattgg ggccagtccc gagccgacat tgcctgcgga tggtttaact cagaaccccc 540 tgaacgtaag gccgaagaac ctacgagaat ccccctgt 578 73 700 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (510)..(510) a, c, g or t 73 gcggccgcgc gggcaggtac ccaacagctc attgagaacg ggccaggatg acaatggcgg 60 ctttgtggaa tagaaaggcg ggaaaggtgg ggaaaagatt gagaaatcgg atggttgccg 120 tgtctgtgtg gaaagaagta gacatgggag acttttcatt ttgttctaca ctaagaaaaa 180 ttcctctgcc ttgggatcct gttgatctgt gaccttaccc ccaaccctgt gctctctgaa 240 acatgtgcgg tgtccactca gggttaaatg gattaagggc agtgcaagat gtgctttgtt 300 aaacagatgc ttgaaggcag catgctcgtt aagagtcatc accaatccct aatctcaagt 360 aatcagggac acaaacactg cggaaggccg cagggtcctc tgcctaggaa aaccagagac 420 ctttgttcac ttgtttatct gctgaccttc cctccactat tgtcccatga ccctgccaaa 480 tacccctctg tgaggaaaca cccaagaatn atctaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa acaaaaaaaa 540 aaggcttggg ggttaccagt ggccaatagc gtgttccccg ggggttgaat tggtttcccg 600 cctcaactcc cccattctta gacaacaaaa gtccgcaaag agatcatcaa tagtcaatca 660 acctcattac gaaacacaag acaatgaaat aaaataacaa 700 74 815 DNA Homo sapien 74 ccgcccgggc aggttgtaat cccagctact tgggaggctg aggcagagaa ttgcttgaac 60 ccgggaggca gaggttgcag tgagtcgaga tcgtaccact gcactccagc cagggcaaca 120 gaaggagact ccatctcaaa aaaaagaaaa aaaggtaagg ccgaactcag tggctcacac 180 ttgtaatctc agcacttcgg gaggaggctg aggcaggcag attgcttgcg cttaggagtt 240 caggactgaa ctaggcaaca tggagaaacc atgtctctac aaaatataaa aaaattagct 300 ggacatggtg tcttgcacct gtagtcccag ctactcagga ggctgagctg ggagtatcac 360 ttgagcccag gaagtgcaga ttgcagtagc caagatcatg ccactgcact ccagcctggg 420 aaacatagtg agatcctgtc tcaaaaataa taataataaa ataggccgag cgcggtggct 480 cacgcctgta atcccagcac tttgggaggc caaggcgggt ggatcacgag gtcaggagat 540 caagaccatc ctggctaaca cggtgaaacc ccatctctac taaaaataca aaaaattagc 600 ccggtgtggt ggtgggcgcc tgtagtccca gctactaggg aggcggaggc aggagaatgg 660 cgtgaacccg gggaggtgga gcttgcagtg agccgagatt gcaccactgc actccagcct 720 gggtatacag cgagactcca tccccaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaagctgggg ttacctggcc 780 aaagggttcc ggttggaatt ggtttccgcc caatc 815 75 880 DNA Homo sapien 75 cgagcggcgc ccgggcaggt acccctatcg tatctaggaa gtaactagct tgcttttcat 60 tttacaggct cataggcaga agggacttgc cttgtctcaa atgagacttt ggactatgga 120 cttttgggtt aatgctgaaa tgagttaaga ctttggggga ctgttgtgaa ggcacgattg 180 gttttgaaat gtgaggacat gagatttaga gggggccagg ggcagaatga tatggttggg 240 ctgtgtcccc acccaaatct caacttgaat tgtatctccc agaattccta cacgttgtgg 300 gagggaccca ggagaggtaa ttgaatcatg ggggctggtc tttaccatgc cattcttata 360 atagtgaata cgtctcatga gatctgatgg gattatcagg gacttccgct tttgcttctt 420 cctcgttttc tcttgctgcc accatgtaag aagtgccttt cgcctctcac catgattctg 480 aggcctcccc agccatgtgg aactgtaagt ccaactaaac ctttttttct ctccagtctc 540 aggtatgtct ttatcagcag catgaaaata tactaataca tatttcatgt taatgggctg 600 ggagtattta gtatttgtta agatggtttt gaattatttg tccccctttc aaaaactcat 660 gtttgaccac attacttccc caaaaatgac tgtatttgag aggtgggggc ctttaaggat 720 gttgattggg gtcatgggga tctgctttct gactggcttc acattggggg cttgcctgcg 780 gatggattaa tggctatgcg gattggagat gttggctcct caacagagga cacagagctg 840 gagaactccc aacccttcca tttatgccgc atacttccac 880 76 1666 DNA Homo sapien 76 atggctgaaa agggccaaca tagagctcag gctatggctt cagagggtgg aggccccaag 60 ccttggcagc ttccacatgg tgctgagcct gcaggtgcac agaagtcaag aattgaggtt 120 tgggaacctc catctagatt tcagaagatg tatggaaatg cctggatgcc caggcaaaag 180 ttggcatcag ggtcacagcc cttatggaaa acttctgcca gggcactgtg gaagcaaatt 240 gtggggtcag agcccacaca cagagtccct aatggggcac tgcctagtag agctgtgaga 300 agagggtcac cttcctccaa accccagaat ggtagaccct ccaacagctt gcaccgtgag 360 cctggaaaag tcacagacac tcagtgccag cccatgaagg cagccaggaa agaggttgta 420 ccctgcaaag ccacagggtt ggtggagctg cccaagacca tgggaagcaa actctttcat 480 cagtgtgacc tggatgtgag acctggagtc aaaggagatc attttggagc tttaaaattt 540 gaagctctgc tggatttcag acttatgtgg gccctgtcac ccctttgttt tggccaattt 600 atcctatttg aaatggctgt atttacccaa tacctgtacc tcccttgtat ctgggaagta 660 actagcttgc ttttcatttt acaggctcat aggcagaagg gacttgcctt gtctcaaatg 720 agactttgga ctatggactt ttgggttaat gctgaaatga gttaagactt tgggggactg 780 ttgtgaaggc acgattggtt ttgaaatgtg aggacatgag atttagaggg ggccaggggc 840 agaatgatat ggttgggctg tgtccccacc caaatctcaa cttgaattgt atctcccaga 900 attcctacac gttgtgggag ggacccagga gaggtaattg aatcatgggg gctggtcttt 960 accatgccat tcttataata gtgaatacgt ctcatgagat ctgatgggat tatcagggac 1020 ttccgctttt gcttcttcct cgttttctct tgctgccacc atgtaagaag tgcctttcgc 1080 ctctcaccat gattctgagg cctccccagc catgtggaac tgtaagtcca actaaacctt 1140 tttttctctc cagtctcagg tatgtcttta tcagcagcat gaaaatatac taatacatat 1200 ttcatgttaa tgggctggga gatttagtat tgttaagatg gtttgaatat ttgtcccctt 1260 caaaactcat gttgaaaatt aattcccaaa atgacagtat tgagaggtgg ggcctttaag 1320 aagtgattgg gtcatgaggg atctgctttc atgaatggat tagaaatggg gtcttgctgt 1380 gaatggatta atggcttatg ctggaattga gactgttggc ttcataagaa gaggaagaga 1440 gatctgagct agcatcctca gcccccttgc catatgatgc cctgcattac ttccagactc 1500 tgcagagaga ccttaccagc aagaaagccc tcaccaaatg cagcccctca accttgcact 1560 tctgagcctc tataattcta agaaataaaa tcctgttctt tataaaaaaa aaaaagaaaa 1620 aaaaaaagaa aaaaagaaaa accgagaaac tcgagggggc ccgtaa 1666 77 87 DNA Homo sapien 77 ggatgttaat cactatagcg atggtgctct agatgctctc gagcggcgca tgtgatggat 60 ccgctccttt acagccctgc gcctgaa 87 78 458 DNA Homo sapien 78 gatgatgatc atataggcga atgggtctct agatgcatgc tcgagcggcg cagtgtgatg 60 gatgattgtt tgaccacagg agttcgagac cagccggggt aacatggcgg gaccccaatc 120 tctaccaaaa aaaaaaaaaa tacaaaagtt gtcggggtgt ggtgtgcttg cctgtagtcc 180 caagtcccag ctactctact tgggaggctg aggcagaagg gattcaccgt gagcccagga 240 gggccagggc ttgcagtgag ccccgtgatt ggtgccactg tgcacttgac cttgggggca 300 acagaagtga gaattgagac ccctggttca aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaggc 360 ggttgggggt tcttcagggg gctcatgggt gtgttccgtg ggtgtgaaat tgtgtttctc 420 ccggctccaa aatttctcca caaaaatatt gaaaaaaa 458 79 905 DNA Homo sapien 79 actatttcaa caagcttttt catgtaacta atctgcggaa ggtagaaagg ggaaaactgt 60 tgggtgctaa aatgacaact ggttcaaggt acaatggcga atatttttat ttctgcaact 120 tttcttagag gttggaaact ggactgggca ggaagattcc tttttgtaag attagtctcc 180 agttttcatc aagcagttta gtggggtatt ttaggcccag ttccctctcc acagtcccca 240 aaggtcttct gttaacttta aatccgcaaa gagagagatc tctgccaagc agcaactgca 300 agagcatgtg ggtcaatgtt accagcagac actcaaagcc ccttcccttt acttcaacac 360 cgctttataa attatcttag agacgttgtc aggttggtat tagaggtgag tggtcatgac 420 ttcacgattt ctcatctttc tgaatgcata gtggctggga gtggtggctc atgcctgtaa 480 tcccagcggt ttgggaggcc gaggtgggca gattgtttga ccacaggagt tcgagaccag 540 ccggggtaac atggcaggac cccaatctct accaaaaaaa aaaaaaatac aaaagttgtc 600 ggggtgtggt gtgcttgcct gtagtcccaa gtcccagcta ctctacttgg gaggctgagg 660 cagaagggat tcaccgtgag cccaggaggg ccagggcttg cagtgagccc cgtgattggt 720 gccactgtgc acttgacctt gggggcaaca gaagtgagaa ttgagacccc tggttcaaaa 780 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaggcggt tgggggttct tcagggggct catgggtgtg 840 ttccgtgggt gtgaaattgt gtttctcccg gctccaaaat ttctccacaa aaatattgaa 900 aaaaa 905 80 1381 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (282)..(282) a, c, g or t 80 cgagcgggcg gccggggcag gtacttctac tgcccaagat gctaccattt accgtggaga 60 ggtgtgcttc tgtagatttc ttgagtgatc ctggaaatgt cccattcgat ggacggacga 120 tgcgcgtaat gcgtccatgc gctggtgaac tagagtgaag ggcatgagcc acttgcggtg 180 gagggcatga tcagaacgac ttgcggagtg caatctgatt cgtggcctgt tgccccgagt 240 tctcgtacgt ggaattagct gaccaccgtg acaaggccga cntctctagt ggccagtgaa 300 actgtgtggt aaagatggga tatatgtacc ctgctgtgta gcggtgggac atatgatatg 360 tcgctggggt aatcnatgct gtactcgtga ctgaccctca tcgaaatgta ctgtcgtaag 420 tagttgagtg ggcacctccc aagataggat agaatgcctg ggtttgatgc aaggcatacg 480 taaaggagga cactgcgcat tggggaccgc agggtggggt ggagcgcaat catttcctag 540 gcccgttccg aagaacgtat tgaattgatg cgttgtccgg aggtaaggca ccctttagat 600 tagacatagc tggtagggca ataactatct cgatgcaatg ctgtacgata tacgcctttt 660 ggacaactcg tctatagtgt ataaccaatt gggtaattgg ccgaattaga accaggtaca 720 catggatcct tcatccgcac gttccggttc ggccagaaga accccgtccg ttggcgcttg 780 ggggcctttt cgaatcacaa ccacgttgcc cccgaatctg gaaataaaaa gttggcgtgg 840 ggacaagtaa actttaagta agcatccttt tcccacccaa aaacgtacac cttttacttg 900 ggtgttagaa tgtagcccca aaggaaatcc tggggtcaaa gggaatggtt aaaggaaggg 960 gccaacatcg atggaattga gcgaccggtt ggtacgcttt ggggggtaaa agttagacag 1020 acacagttcc ccgaaaggca cttttaagca ggaggtactt ggaactttgt gaacccatgt 1080 aaaaggggtt tttagtgtgg gcgggagtta gcttcccata ggggaaagtt gggtttgtga 1140 accctcccaa cggtggcgcc gaggtgtaaa atccggttcc ctacaatttt tggcgctatg 1200 aagttgggcg ttaagtatag ggaaaaccac ttatcacagg tatgggcacc agatagagat 1260 agagacaaat ctgtgtgggg ggggaaataa ccaggtgggg ggtcagcaaa gggggggggt 1320 caacccccgg ggggggtaga aagagggggg tatatgcccg ggcacaaggg gatcccgaga 1380 g 1381 81 668 DNA Homo sapien 81 gccgcccggg caggtaccca acagctcatt gagaacgggc caggatgaca atggcggctt 60 tgtggaatag aaaggcggga aaggtgggga aaagattgag aaatcggatg gttgccgtgt 120 ctgtgtggaa agaagtagac atgggaggct tttcattttg ttctacacta agaaaaattc 180 ctctgccttg ggatcctgtt gatctgtgac cttaccccca accctgtgct ctctgaaaca 240 tgtgcggtgt ccactcaggg ttaaatggat taagggcagt gcaagatgtg ctttgttaaa 300 cagatgcttg aaggcagcat gctcgttaag agtcatcacc aatccctaat ctcaagtaat 360 cagggacaca aacactgcgg aaggccgcag ggtcctctgc ctaggaaaac cagagacctt 420 tgttcacttg tttatctgct gaccttccct ccactattgt cccatgaccc tgccaaatac 480 ccctctgtga gaaacaccca agaattatct aaaaagaaaa aagaagaaaa aaaaaagaaa 540 aaaggcgggg ggtaaacctg gggcagaagc ggtgccctgg ggggaattgg gttttcccgt 600 cccccattcc ccccactctg cgcgcaaaaa cggtaagcaa agagaacagg agcagagaga 660 caggaaag 668 82 7626 DNA Homo sapien 82 gttgacccgc ggcgttcacg ggaactgttc gctttagtgc cggcgccatg gggtcggagc 60 tgatcgggcg cctagccccg cgcctgggcc tcgccgagcc cgacatgctg aggaaagcag 120 aggagtactt gcgcctgtcc cgggtgaagt gtgtcggcct ctccgcacgc accacggaga 180 ccagcagtgc agtcatgtgc ctggaccttg cagcttcctg gatgaagtgc cccttggaca 240 gggcttattt aattaaactt tctggtttga acaaggagac gtatcagagc tgtcttaaat 300 cttttgagtg tttactgggc ctgaattcaa atattggaat aagagaccta gctgtacagt 360 ttagctgtat agaagcagtg aacatggctt caaagatact aaaaagctat gagtccagtc 420 ttccccagac acagcaagtg gatcttgact tatccaggcc acttttcact tctgctgcac 480 tgctttcagc atgcaagtag gtatttcatt aaacattcag aaaagttacc aatttacaag 540 tgggtttttc atccccaagg aatacttcta acttagttga tatcaattca gagcatattt 600 tcccctagaa ataatattag gaatattggc caagtgacta tattcccagt ttatcccata 660 atgtagctaa caacttggaa ctagtgttgc cagaattcca ctagcaaata gcagctgtat 720 atatatgctg ggaattctga tttcagtctg ccttttgtaa gagatgatat ctgtcattaa 780 aacagtcttc acatgagatt tttctgctca tattttttaa aaagtactgg ttgggccagg 840 cgtggtggct cccgcctgta atcccaacac tgggaggcag aggcaggagg actgcttgag 900 gcaaggagtt caagactagc ctagacagca taataagacc ccaatctctt aagaaaaaaa 960 aaaaaaatta gctgggtgtc agcacatgcc tccagtcctg gcttctcagc tactcgggag 1020 gctgaagctg aaggctcact ggagcctagg agttcttggt tatagtgagc tatggtcacg 1080 ctactacact gcagcctagg caacacagca acactgtctc tttttttttt tttttttttt 1140 tttttttttt tttctacaat tctttttttt tttttttttt ttaatttatt tttttattga 1200 taattcttgg gtgtttctca cagaggggga tttggcaggg tcatgggaca atagtggagg 1260 gaaggtcagc agataaacaa gtgaacaaag gtctctggtt ttcctaggca gaggaccctg 1320 cggccttccg cagtgtttgt gtccctgatt acttgagatt agggattggt gatgactctt 1380 aacgagcatg ctgccttcaa gcatctgttt aacaaagcac atcttgcacc gcccttaatc 1440 catttaaccc tgagtggaca cagcacatgt ttcagagagc acagggttgg gggtaaggtc 1500 acagatcaac aggatcccaa ggcagaggaa tttttcttag tgcagaacaa aatgaaaagt 1560 ctcccatgtc tacttctttc tacacagaca cggcaaccat ccgatttctc aatcttttcc 1620 ccacctttcc cgcctttcta ttccacaaag ccgccattgt catcctggcc cgttctcaat 1680 gagctgttgg gcacacctcc cagacggggt ggtggctggg cagaggggct cctcacttcc 1740 cagtaggggc ggccgggcag aggcgcccct cacctcccag acggggcggc tggccgggcg 1800 ggggggctga cccccccccc accggtcagg ttagtctcga actcctgacc tcatgatctg 1860 ctcacctagg cctcccaaag tgctgggatt ataggcatga gccactgcac ctggccagtg 1920 gataagcttt ttgatgtgct gctggattca gtttgccagt atgtgattgt ggatttttac 1980 atcgatgttc atcagggata tgccccgccc agagaggagg aatctagaga ggcagtctgg 2040 ctacagcagc tttgccaagc tgcagtgggc tctgcccagt ccaaaattcc cagcgggttt 2100 gtttacattg tgaggggaaa agcacctact caagcctcag ttatggcagt tgcccctccc 2160 cccaccaagc tccagggtcc caggtgtcct tcagactgct gtgctggcaa tgagaatttc 2220 aagccagtgg atcttagctt gctgggctcc acaggggtgg gatccactga gctagaccac 2280 ttagctccct ggcttcagcc ccctttccag attatggccc taagtgaacc agagtatagt 2340 tatttctcca ttttatttga cagcaccctg gagacaacat ttgacagcac tgtgacaaca 2400 gaagttaatg gaaggaccat acccaacttg acaagtcgac ccacccccat gacctggagg 2460 ttgggccagg catgtccgcg acttcaggcg ggagatgctc cctccctggg tgctggctat 2520 cctcgcagtg gtaccagtcg attcatccac acagacccct cgaggttcat gtataccacg 2580 cctctccgtc gagctgctgt ctctaggctg ggaaacatgt cacagattga catgagtgag 2640 aaagcaagca gtgacctgga catgtcttct gaggtcgatg tgggtggata tatgagtgat 2700 ggtgatatcc ttgggaaaag tctcaggact gatgacatca acagtgggta catgacagat 2760 ggaggactta acctatatac tagaagtctg aaccgaatac cagacacagc aacttcccgg 2820 gacatcatcc agagaggggt tcacgatgtg acagtggatg cagacagttc cttgaagttt 2880 ctcaccgaga tagagctggt gatgatacca cctgtgcaga gtgaaaattc caccagtcat 2940 gagaagcctg cccagcaggt ttgtcaaaga tcagatagtt gtagatatgc ggccctcagc 3000 aaatgtaaaa gaacagaaat tataacaaac tatctctcag accacagtgc aatcaaacta 3060 gaactcagga ttaagaatct cactcaaagc cgctcaacta catggaaact gaacaacctg 3120 ctcctgaatg actactgggt acataacgaa atgaaggcag aaataaagat gttctttgaa 3180 accaacgaga acaaagacac aacataccag aatctctggg acgcattcaa agcagtgtgt 3240 agagggaaat ttatagcact aaatgcccac aagagaaagc aggaaagatc caaaattgac 3300 accctaacat cacaattaaa agaactagaa aagcaagagc aaacacattc aaaagctagc 3360 agaaggcaag aaataactaa aatcagagca gaactgaagg aaatagagac acaaaaaacc 3420 cttcaaaaaa tcaatgaatc caggagctgg ttttttgaaa ggatcaacaa aattgataga 3480 ccgctagcaa gactaataaa gaaaaaaaga gagaagaatc aaatagacac aataaaaaat 3540 gataaagggg atatcaccac cgatcccaca gaaatacaaa ctaccatcag agaatactac 3600 aaacacctct acgcaaataa actagaaaat ctagaagaaa tggataaatt cctcgacaca 3660 gacactctcc caagactaaa ccaggaagaa gttgaatctc tgaatagacc aataacagga 3720 gctgaaattg tggcaataat caatagctta ccaaccaaaa agagtccagg accagatgga 3780 ttcacagccg aattctacca gaggtacaag gaggaactgg taccattcct tctgaaacta 3840 ttccaatcaa tagaaaaaga gggaatcctc cctaactcat tttatgaggc cagcatcatt 3900 ctgataccaa agccaggcag agacacaacc aaaaaagaga attttagacc aatatccttg 3960 atgaacattg atgcaaaaat cctcaataaa atactggcaa aacgaatcca gcagcacatc 4020 aaaaagctta tccaccatga tcaagtgggc ttcatccctg ggatgcaagg ctggttcaat 4080 atacgcaaat caataaatgt aatccagcat ataaacagag ccaaagacaa aaaccacatg 4140 attatctcaa tagatgcaga aaaagccttt gacaaaattc aacaaccctt catgctaaaa 4200 actctcaata aattaggtat tgatgggacg tatttcaaaa taataagagc tatctatgac 4260 aaacccacag ccaatatcat actgaatggg caaaaactgg aagcattccc tttgaaaact 4320 ggcacaagac agggatgccc tctctcaccg ctcctattca acatagtgtt ggaagttctg 4380 gccagggcaa tcaggcagga gaaggaaata aagggtattc aattaggaaa agaggaagtc 4440 aaattgtccc tgtttgcaga cgacatgatt gtttatctag aaaaccccat cgtctcagcc 4500 caaaatctcc ttaagctgat aagcaacttc agcaaagtct caggatacaa aatcaatgta 4560 caaaaatcac aagcattctt atacaccaac aacagacaaa cagagagcca aatcatgagt 4620 gaactcccat tcacaattgc ttcaaagaga ataaaatacc taggaatcca acttacaagg 4680 gatgtgaagg acctcttcaa ggagaactac aaaccactgc tcaaggaaat aaaagaggac 4740 acaaacaaat ggaagaacat tccatgctca tgggtaggaa gaatcaatat cgtgaaaatg 4800 gccatactgc ccaaggtaat ttacagattc aatgccatcc ccatcaagct accaatgact 4860 ttcttcacag aattggaaaa aactacttta aagttcatat ggaaccaaaa aagagcccgc 4920 attgccaagt caatcctaag ccaaaagaac aaagctggag gcatcacact acctgacttc 4980 aaactatact acaaggctac agtaaccaaa acagcatggt actggtacca aaacagagat 5040 atagatcaat ggaacagaac agagccctca gaaataatgc cacatatcta caactatctg 5100 atctttgaca aacctgagaa aaacaagcaa tggggaaagg attccctatt taataaatgg 5160 tgctgggaaa actggctagc catatgtaga aagctgaaac tggatccctt ccttacacct 5220 tatacaaaaa tcaattcaag atggattaaa gatttaaacg ttagacctaa aaccataaaa 5280 accctagaag aaaacctagg cattaccatt caggacatag gcgtgggcaa ggacttcatg 5340 tccaaaacac caaaagcaat ggcaacaaaa gccaaaattg acaaatggga tctaattaaa 5400 ctaaagagct tctgcacagc aaaagaaact accatcagag tgaacaggca acctacaaca 5460 tgggagaaaa ttttcgcaac ctactcatct gacaaagggc taatatccag aatctacaat 5520 gaactcaaac aaatttacaa gaaaaaaaca aacaacccca tcaaaaagtg ggcgaaggac 5580 atgaacagac acttctcaaa agaagacatt tatgcagcca aaaaacacat gaaaaaatgc 5640 tcatcatcac tggccatcag agaaatgcaa atcaaaacca ctatgagata tcatctcaca 5700 ccagttagaa tggcaatcat taaaaagtca ggaaacaaca gcaaaaagaa caaagctgga 5760 ggaatcatgc cagctgactt caaactatac tacaaggcta tgggaacaaa aacagcatgg 5820 gacatggatg aagctggaaa ccatcattct cagcaaactg tcgcaaggac aaaaaaccaa 5880 acgccgcgtg ttctcactca taggtgggaa ttgaacaatg agaacacttg gacacaggaa 5940 ggggaacatc acacactggg ccttgtcatg cgtttcgggg ctagggaagg gatagcatta 6000 ggagaaatac ctaatgtagg cacactcaca ctcctcactg gctatggggg atgccagctg 6060 ccatgctgca aggacactca ggcagcctat ggagaaaccc acgtggtgcg gagtggaggc 6120 cttctgccaa cagccagctg ggaactgagg cctgctgaca gtcacacggt gaccagcgat 6180 gatccaggcg tctcggtcgt tagcgggtat cctgggggct gtctccctga ccacgacccc 6240 ccagtggggt ttctttccga gggtcccgcc cctcgcagct gctctttgat aaagggcgga 6300 ggaacggggc tggctgcttc ccgagtcccc aggtcccgcg agcggcgggc gtgttgcggg 6360 tatggggtgc ggcgccagca ggaaggtggt cccggggcca ccagcgctgg cttgggccaa 6420 gcacgaaggt caaaaccaag ccggcgtcgg aggcgcgggg cctgggcccg aggcggcggc 6480 ccaggcggcg cagaggatac aggtggctcg cttccgagcc aagttcgacc cccgggtcct 6540 tgccagtgcc cagtacaatt tctctttgac atctctgaac agggagttca gaggatggga 6600 aaaaagagag caggagcagc agcaaacaag ggaaggaatt cctatcttcg gagatatgac 6660 atcaaagctc ttattgggac aggcagtttc agcagggttg tcagggtaga gcagaagacc 6720 accaagaaac cttttgcaat aaaagtgatg gaaaccagag agagggaagg tagagaagcg 6780 tgcgtgtctg agctgagcgt cctgcggcgg gttagccatc gttacattgt ccagctcatg 6840 gagatctttg agactgagga tcaagtttac atggtaatgg agctggctac cggaggggag 6900 ctctttgatc gactcattgc tcagggatcc tttacagagc gggatgccgt caggatcctc 6960 cagatggttg ctgatgggat taggtatttg catgcgctgc agataactca taggaatcta 7020 aagcctgaaa acctcttata ctatcatcca ggtgaagagt cgaaaatttt aattacagat 7080 tttggtttgg catactccgg gaaaaaaagt ggtgactgga caatgaagac actctgtggg 7140 accccagagt acatagctcc tgaggttttg ctaaggaagc cttataccag tgcagtggac 7200 atgtgggctc ttggtgtgat cacatatgct ttacttagcg gattcctgcc ttttgatgat 7260 gaaagccaga caaggcttta caggaagatt ctgaaaggca aatataatta tacaggagag 7320 ccttggccaa gcatttccca cttggcgaag gactttatag acaaactact gattttggag 7380 gctggtcatc gcatgtcagc tggccaggcc ctggaccatc cctgggtgat caccatggct 7440 gcagggtctt ccatgaagaa tctccagagg gccatatccc gaaacctcat gcagagggcc 7500 tctccccact ctcagagtcc tggatctgca cagtcttcta agtcacatta ttctcacaaa 7560 tccaggcata tgtggagcaa gagaaactta aggatagtag aatcgccact gtctgcgctt 7620 ttgtaa 7626 83 384 DNA Homo sapien 83 taactcccat ttgccaacat ggaaagatga gcaaggccag tcactgtggc tcatgcctgt 60 agtctcagca ctttgggagg cagaggcagg aggatcgctt gaaccgagga gtctgaggtt 120 gcagtgagtt gtgatagtgc cactgcactc cagcctgggg tgacagactg agagaaagaa 180 aggaagaaag gaagaaagaa agaaagagag agagagagag agagaaagag aaggaaagaa 240 agaaagaaga aagaaaggaa agaaagaaga aagaaaaaga aagaaaaaaa aaaaaaaggc 300 tgggcgtaac tcagtggctc atagcgtgtt cccgtggtgt gaaatgtgtt attccgctca 360 caattctcca cacaacattt caac 384 84 482 DNA Homo sapien 84 ttactacgcg aaatacgagc aggggaacgc cacacagaaa aaaggaaaaa agggagaagg 60 ggagagagga gaagaaagaa gacggaggga gaggagggag ataggaaggg agggggagaa 120 cgaaagaaag cgaaaaaagg gaggggcaag gagaaggagg gataagagaa aaagaacagg 180 gggagaagag gaaaagaaga aaaggcaggg agagaagaag acagaagagg agaaggcaag 240 ggagggggac gcacaagaga agaggaggag agggagagaa caaggggaga ggggggggag 300 ggagaggaga gcagagcggg ccggagaaga aaggagaaag agaaagggaa gatgggagcg 360 acgacaggag gcggggggag ggggagacag ggggaggagg cggaggcggg ggagaagagg 420 ggggagcagg gggcagtgtg gaggggcaag gagcgagaga gaggggcaag agcgagacgg 480 cg 482 85 460 DNA Homo sapien 85 cttgggctgg gcgcagtggc tcatgcctgt aatcccagca ctttgggagg ctgaggcagg 60 tggatcacaa agtcagcagt tcgagaccag tctggccaac atggtgagac cccgtttcta 120 ctaaaactac aagaaagttg gccaggcgtg gtggcacgtg caaattagct attttgggag 180 actgaggcag gagaatcact tgaaccctgg caggtaaagg ttgcagtgag cctgagatct 240 gctgccactg cactccagcc tggtggtgac atgaagtgaa gattccatct caaaacaaac 300 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaacaaa aaaaagcgct tggggtaact ctttggccat acgcgtggtt 360 ccctttgtgg ggaaattttg ttactccggc tcccacaatc tccccccaac ttatcggggc 420 aaaatttgat cgtctaaata ctgatctata aatacctcga 460 86 1161 DNA Homo sapien 86 ttaacacact tctaacattt catatataat actataggtc actgtgttat ctagatgcat 60 actcgagcgg ccgccattaa gtagatagga tcggccgccc gggcaggtcc tgcttatcac 120 aatgagtagt tctacctggt gcagcgttag tagatctttg ccacctatct gtgactttat 180 gcaatagcat acatgctatt tcatacctaa tagagggagt tccaggagat atcaaccatg 240 caaatagcat aggatactac aaaggaaaca aacacccaat aaactcggag taggcagact 300 gacaactgta gagacatagc actatgctac gaaacagaaa tttcatagtt gcaccctatg 360 tattctacac ctagtagggt tatagacaaa gacaactgcc aaagaatact tcaacgaagg 420 aggactagca acgtaataat acgtaggtag gagcaacaga agcgacccaa tacaaagacc 480 tagtatctag tacagataga acttgcgata aatactaaat agtagctata ctaaggtaag 540 cgccacatgt ggtctaccac aagagccagt gcctacatta ctacctacat aggcctacta 600 aatccagtac aaatgatatc gtagtaaccg ccatagccct aatacattca taaaacgact 660 ttctcacgac gcacatcaca actacataat gtatacatta ccaacatact acaacataca 720 ccataaagtg caatataaaa cttctatgtg tctaatcaat aataaaatta gaattaccca 780 ccttagatgt acaaacacaa cctattcgct aatatctaac cactctctac atacaaaaat 840 taccaccatc atcaactaaa tcattcaact aaaaatccac aacataacat cctcaaacac 900 actacacttc cctcacacca tactcaaccc acacagtaat attcataaca ctcccaaact 960 aacaactatc catatctcaa cctccataac tcataccaca ctacaacact atacaacttc 1020 cttctattct ctcactaatc gtctccttat actacacaat atatccaaca taaccacaca 1080 actcacactt tacccacaac atcaatctct tatacctaca cataacaaca tatcacaaat 1140 tatcacaact aacatactaa a 1161 87 821 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (747)..(747) a, c, g or t 87 ccgcccgggc aggttgtaat cccagctact tgggaggctg aggcagagaa ttgcttgaac 60 ccgggaggca gaggttgcag tgagtcgaga tcgtaccact gcactccagc cagggcaaca 120 gaaggagact ccatctcaaa aaaaagaaaa aaaggtaagg ccggactcag tggctcacac 180 ttgtaatctc agcacttcgg gaggaggctg aggcaggcag attgcttgcg cttaggagtt 240 caggactgaa ctaggcaaca tggagaaacc atgtctctac aaaatataaa aaaattagct 300 ggacatggtg tcttgcacct gtagtcccag ctactcagga ggctgagctg ggagtatcac 360 ttgagcccag gaagtgcaga ttgcagtagc caagatcatg ccactgcact ccagcctggg 420 aaacatagtg agatcctgtc tcaaaaataa taataataaa ataggccgag cgcggtggct 480 cacgcctgta atcccagcac tttgggaggc caaggcgggt ggatcacgag gtcaggagat 540 caagaccatc ctggctaaca cggtgaaacc ccatctctac taaaaataca aaaaattagc 600 ccggtgtggt ggtgggcgcc tgtagtccca gctactaggg aggcggaggc aggagaatgg 660 cgtgaacccg ggaggtggag cttgcagtga gccgagattg caccactgca ctccagcctg 720 tgtaatacag cgagactcca tccaaanaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaagcgtgg gggacccggg 780 caacgggtcc gggggaaatg gtcccgccca accaaaaggg g 821 88 716 DNA Homo sapien 88 ggagactgca tcatatggcc atgggtccct gatgcatgct cgagcgggcg cagtgtgatg 60 gatcggccgc ccgggcaggt acggtattgg tggtggaaat gtaaattagc acaaccacta 120 tggagaacag ttggaggatc ttcaaaaaac taaaaataga gctaccatat gatccagcaa 180 ttccactgct aggtatatac ccaaaagaaa ggaaattaga tgtggaagag atgtctgcac 240 tcttatgttt attgcagcac tgttcacaat agccaagatt tggaagcaat gtaagtgtct 300 accaacagac gaacggataa agaaaaggtg gggccgggcg tggtggctca tgcctgtaat 360 cccagcactt tgggaggccg aggcagatca cctgaggtca gaagtttgag aacagcctgg 420 ccaatatgga gaaaccccat ctttactaaa atacaaaaat tagctgggcg tggtggcgca 480 cacctgtagt cccagctact cgggaggctg aggcaggaga attgcttgaa cctgggaggc 540 agagattgca gtgagccaag attgtgggca acagagcaag gctccctctc aaaaaggagt 600 aaataaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaggctggg ggtaccgggg ccaaaagcgg 660 gttcccgggg ggaaattggt tttccgccca aaattccccc atatgcaaaa aaggga 716 89 523 DNA Homo sapien 89 gcccgggcag gtaccataaa tcacaggctg agggagaaat ggtgagggca caatagcaaa 60 tggaaataca caaaaaatag ctgggtgcgg tggctcacac ctgtagtccc agcactttgg 120 gaggccaaga taggcagatc acttgaggcc aggagttcga gaccagcctg gccaacatgg 180 caaaaccctg tctctaccaa aactgcaaaa attagctggg tgtggtggcg tgcacctgta 240 tcccaactac tcgggaggct gaggcataag aattgcttaa acctagatgg cagacactgc 300 agtgagctga gatcatgaca ccgcactcca gcccctatgt aacagagcag actctgttcc 360 gaaaaaaaaa aaagaaaaaa aagtctgggc ggtagatctt gggtcctaaa gctggttccc 420 tggtggtgaa tattggtttt cccgctccac atattccaca caacaacgga accaagggtc 480 tgttcacata ccattgttct ggtggagacg tcagctgaca cca 523 90 673 DNA Homo sapien 90 tggtgtcagc tgacgtctcc accagaacaa tggtatgtga acagaccctt ggttccgttg 60 ttgtgtggaa tatgtggagc gggaaaacca atattcacca ccagggaacc agctttagga 120 cccaagatct accgcccaga cttttttttc tttttttttt ttcggaacag agtctgctct 180 gttacatagg ggctggagtg cggtgtcatg atctcagctc actgcagtgt ctgccatcta 240 ggtttaagca attcttatgc ctcagcctcc cgagtagttg ggatacaggt gcacgccacc 300 acacccagct aatttttgca gttttggtag agacagggtt ttgccatgtt ggccaggctg 360 gtctcgaact cctggcctca agtgatctgc ctatcttggc ctcccaaagt gctgggacta 420 caggtgtgag ccaccgcacc cagctatttt ttgtgtattt ccatttgcta ttgtgccctc 480 accatttctc cctcagcctg tgatttatgg tacaatatcc tgaagatgtc gggagcacac 540 gacctcagcc tcggctgcag atagactgct cagcttgggg caataactgc tctgccctcc 600 ctctgccacc cggcagcccc acccacagaa gggcccagac ttacggcttt ggagggagca 660 tagtgtgtcg gtg 673 91 744 DNA Homo sapien 91 aagaggtgat gactcactat ggccctgtta ctctagatca tgctcgagcg gcgctagtgt 60 gatggattgc cagggccata tcctcctacc acaggcgaag ctggatagca gaggagatgg 120 ggagatggga gaaggacggc tgactgagtc acggttggcc tgggtggctg cagaaaagaa 180 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaagaa aaaaaaaaaa aatgggggaa aaagggcaca gggagttccg 240 gggggaaatt ttcccgggcc gcattctccc ccaaaaatat ataaggaaat aaggtcaata 300 agaaagatta tagaaaaact agaagatata gggtgaaaga gtgatatgat caagaaaatg 360 aatcaagagg aacgatagtg ataagtagaa atcaaagaac aattgaaaga taaaggaaac 420 aaaaaaatga agagatgaga ataaaaaatg gaagataaac attgaatcaa tgaagactaa 480 aaggagaaat cgaccatcca cactatgaga gaagacatac ccacaataca agagagaaga 540 acaatagaga gagacagaaa acgaacgacg aaaggcataa aagaacgaaa agagtaaaga 600 gaaaatcaaa cgcaagagcc agacaaaaca aaaacaagaa acacagcaag aagcaaaaaa 660 aacgacaaga gataaagaaa gaaaacaaga aggtagaaaa agagaaagaa aaaaaaaaac 720 aagataagaa taggaaagac aaac 744 92 879 DNA Homo sapien 92 agtcccttcc cgtgatgtga aatgcagtgt gggctggagc ccttgtatgc tttgccctca 60 gtaggcgctt gcctcccctc actgggcact gaggccatag gccgctttgt tctgcagacc 120 acgcctggcc tctagaggaa tggatgtgac ctagagatct ggactcagag ctgggcagaa 180 cctgggtgat gcttactgag caggatgccc aggtttgtga ctgtgtctat gagaggcctt 240 aaggcatgta ggggtcatct gggggaaagg acggctgact gagtcaaggt tggcctgggt 300 ggctgcagaa aagaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aagaaaaaaa aaaaaaatgg gggaaaaagg 360 gcacagggag ttccgggggg aaattttccc gggccgcatt ctcccccaaa aatatataag 420 gaaataaggt caataagaaa gattatagaa aaactagaag atatagggtg aaagagtgat 480 atgatcaaga aaatgaatca agaggaacga tagtgataag tagaaatcaa agaacaattg 540 aaagataaag gaaacaaaaa aatgaagaga tgagaataaa aaatggaaga taaacattga 600 atcaatgaag actaaaagga gaaatcgacc atccacacta tgagagaaga catacccaca 660 atacaagaga gaagaacaat agagagagac agaaaacgaa cgacgaaagg cataaaagaa 720 cgaaaagagt aaagagaaaa tcaaacgcaa gagccagaca aaacaaaaac aagaaacaca 780 gcaagaagca aaaaaaacga caagagataa agaaagaaaa caagaaggta gaaaaagaga 840 aagaaaaaaa aaaacaagat aagaatagga aagacaaac 879 93 676 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (489)..(489) a, c, g or t 93 gcggccgccc gggcaggtac ccaacagctc attgagaacg ggccaggatg acaatggcgg 60 cttgtggaat agaaaggcgg gaaaggtggg gaaaagatga gaaatcggat ggttgccgtg 120 tctgtgtgga aagaagtaga catgggagac ttttcattct gttctacact aagaaaaatt 180 cctctgcctt gggatcctgt tgatctgtga ccttaccccc aaccctgtgc tctctgaaac 240 atgtgcggtg tccactcagg gttaaatgga ttaagggcag cgcaagatgt gctttgttaa 300 acagatgctt gaaggcagca tgctcgttaa gagtcatcac caatccctaa tctcaagtaa 360 tcagggacac aaacactgcg gaaggccgca gggtcctctg cctaggaaaa ccagagacct 420 ttgttcactt gtttatctgc tgaccttccc tccactattg tcccatgacc ctgccaaata 480 cccctctgnt gagaaacacc caagaattat ctaaaaaaaa agaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaag 540 gcggggggaa accagggcca aaggggttcc gggggcgaaa ggggttctcc gcaccaaaat 600 tccacaaaaa taggagcaaa gaaaaagaaa gaaaaaaaaa aaaacaaaaa aagaaaaaag 660 aaaacaagag aaagaa 676 94 850 DNA Homo sapien 94 cgcccgggcg ggtacgtgct ccgggatctt gagccaacca tggccggcat cggcgtgact 60 tggtttctca cgtgtgactc atctgcgcca acttgtgccg gatatcacag ttcggctcga 120 ccatcgatgc ctgaagctcg acgaaggtca tggataatac agatacaagg tgatcccaag 180 aaaatggttc ctcctccata ggaggtcgaa gaaggatagt gaagatcagg aacattgtcg 240 cggaaagcat gatacgaact atgataagta gtggagaaga ggtctgtcag tacctcatga 300 gatgcaatag gctaggaacg gcgggtgcaa actctgcagt acaggatagg tggtccgcta 360 tctccccaat cacaagcagt tgcagttgcc acaccagcca agaaaaaaaa aaagaaaaaa 420 aaatgggcgt gggggggata cactacgtgg gggccaatag gcgagctacc cccggtggtg 480 tgagaatgtg gggtgtttgc gcggccacca caatttgccc gccaccaagc attagcggag 540 ccgaaacagg gcagaagggc agggaagcaa cgtaggcgta gagcacccgt gggggcaggg 600 gcaacgaagg acttggcaag gagacagacc caacggaact cggatgaggg ccaccgcaag 660 acatgacgaa agaaacattc ccacaccgtc gacaacacag ggagcctaaa acactacaga 720 aacacaacgc aacaagcaaa aacaactaca aaaccaccag cggacctgag agcatacact 780 aagtggatca aacaagaggg aaatcaccag aggaaaacaa aaaaaggaca aacagcacac 840 aaacacacac 850 95 644 DNA Homo sapien 95 cgagcggccg cccgggcagg tacaagcgtt tttttttttt tttttttttt ttgggaaagg 60 gatttttgct cctgttgccc aggctggagt gcaaacatga tctcggtctc acggccccct 120 ccgccgttct tctgcgggtt caagcaattg tttggcctca gcccccgcga ttagtcctgg 180 agattacagg gtgcggcaca taccacacca aggctaattt tggggtattt ttaaggtaag 240 agatgggggt tttcaccatc tgggccaggg ggggtcttga atccctgacc tcgggtgatc 300 cacccacctg gtgcctccca aagtgctagt attatggggc ggtagaacca ccatgcccac 360 gccgaaaacg ctgggcggta actcatgtgg ctcaaaaagc agtggttccc cgtggtggtg 420 aaaaagtgag gttatctccc gccctcatca cattctccac caacaaccaa taaccagaaa 480 gacaaaccgc gggggggggg gggcaaaggg cgggggctga ggcacacaaa cagaggaagg 540 ggaaagacaa aagacaaaga ggaaaaagag gcgagggact aaagaggggg gcgaaaaaaa 600 acaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaatag cagaagaaga aagt 644 96 846 DNA Homo sapien 96 ggccgcgatt tttttttttt ttttttgtga ttttaaaaaa cagaaaactt tatttgaaca 60 agaaaaagtt aaaaatgtta cacttcgaaa aaattttaaa ctcgttaatc atttttaatt 120 gacaaataac tgcatttaca gggtactaca tgactttttg atacatgtga ttaaaccagg 180 ctaattaaca tatccatcac ttcacttttt ttgtggtatg aatatttaaa atctctctta 240 gcaatttcct tttttttttt tttttttggg acagagtctt gctctgtcac ttagactgga 300 gtgcattggt gctgtctcca ctcactgcaa cctccgcctc tgggattcaa gcaattctcc 360 tgcctcagcc tcccaaatag ctgggactac aggcatgcac taccatgccc agataatttt 420 tgtattttta gtagagacag gggtttccga gacagggttt caccatgttg gccaggctga 480 tcttgaactc ctgacctcag gtgatccacc caccttggcc tcccaaagtg ctagtattat 540 gggcgtgaac caccatgccc acgccgaaaa cgctgggcgg taactcatgt ggctcaaaaa 600 gcagtggttc cccgtggtgg tgaaaaagtg aggttatctc ccgccctcat cacattctcc 660 accaacaacc aataaccaga aagacaaacc gcgggggggg gggggcaaag ggcgggggct 720 gaggcacaca aacagaggaa ggggaaagac aaaagacaaa gaggaaaaag aggcgaggga 780 ctaaagaggg gggcgaaaaa aaacaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaat agcagaagaa 840 gaaagt 846 97 1604 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (202)..(202) a, c, g or t 97 cgagcgggcg gccgggcggg tacagtggga cttgctggca ttcgaggccc tcggggttca 60 ccacgggccc tgtgggtccc ccctggtccc cctgggccct cctgggagct ccaggctagt 120 aagacgcgct gggttggatt attgagtatt gtgttaactg agtaggatgg agctttctag 180 cagagggctt gagcccaggc gnttcggctc tacacaaacc tctctgctca atcaccgcta 240 gaggcacgta ctgagacgtc tggctcgctc tatcatcatg atagcgtcgc tcatctaaca 300 agccaggaga ttgacagacc catctctgta gctctcatga taggagcatc ttatgaaata 360 gaaatccgca gtcttcgtgc cctagtgccg cgtgagcttt aggagaatca tacctggcac 420 aatcctccag gagataggta aggcaggtta ggctatgatc gtgatcgtgg gtaatctgga 480 tccgctaata acacgaatgg gaagtgtccc ctggatagag agtggcatag tcctaaagtc 540 attacgttgg tgcattgcgc cntccttata cctcggggcc gtacaaacgc tgtgggctta 600 tacctttgtg agcacgcgca tacccctgag gagacaaaca tatcgcacct catggcgcta 660 aagcggaaac tttggtgtta taatgggaag cttcccgaaa ttgggaacca aagaaaaaat 720 actaatctta tgtgtcttga cggtggaggc atgtaaacgt tattaccaca tttaagatcg 780 tgtgggataa cggtggccca atgtggatgt ggatattaat atattaggtc cgtctatgaa 840 ataacgggga ctgtttgaat cctttttccc aaagggggta aaaaactggt gtgccttatt 900 ccgctaaact tcttttgtgg gcgcccttat accatatttg gtcctgctcc ctagtggctc 960 tgtggagccc cgatgggcat ttatttgcgt ccccattctc ttccaaccgt aagaggctaa 1020 actccactct cggttacacc ccaccccttg cgcaaagtgg attatcccat tgccattgtg 1080 tgtgtccctt acccagtggg cgaccctcgc aaccgggggt gtacgcctct ggttggcggc 1140 gagccccccg ttggtggagt acacagcggg gcgtggcccc aattgggcct tcaccagcgg 1200 ggcgcctgtc cttaaagtag gaatttccct ttggaaaccc catgtggggt tgaggcactt 1260 ggagaagacg gggcggaaac cacgaccggg ggagtttcca caccttgtgt tanccagcgc 1320 gtggggtccc agttttgggt gagaggaaag agggcggggt ggggcttcgc taaaaaggag 1380 acggaacgga tcgttgcgca gcctggcgtc gggcgcacaa ggcgactacg gttcacattt 1440 tgcgtcatct tccacccggt ccgcgcacaa ttcatagccc gaggtcacag cgccgtgttg 1500 gccccgattc ccttgtgagt tattgtggcg ccccttttgg ggaccacact cctggggggc 1560 ggcggcgtgn acaccaggag aacatccctt ttgcgtggca cacg 1604 98 2158 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (756)..(756) a, c, g or t 98 tgaacgtggt ctaccaggtg ttgctggtgc tgtgggtgaa cctggtcctc ttggcattgc 60 cggccctcct ggggcccgtg gtcctcctgg tgctgtgggt agtcctggag tcaacggtgc 120 tcctggtgaa gctggtcgtg atggcaaccc tgggaacgat ggtcccccag gtcgcgatgg 180 tcaacccgga cacaagggag agcgcggtta ccctggcaat attggtcccg ttggtgctgc 240 aggtgcacct ggtcctcatg gccccgtggg tcctgctggc aaacatggaa accgtggtga 300 aactggtcct tctggtcctg ttggtcctgc tggtgctgtt ggcccaagag gtcctagtgg 360 cccacaaggc attcgtggcg ataagggaga gcccggtgaa aaggggccca gaggtcttcc 420 tggcttaaag ggacacaatg gattgcaagg tctgcctggt atcgctggtc accatggtga 480 tcaaggtgct cctggctccg tgggtcctgc tggtcctagg ggccctgctg gtccttctgg 540 ccctgctgga aaagatggtc gcactggaca tcctggtaca gttggacctg ctggcattcg 600 aggccctcag ggtcaccaag gccctgctgg cccccctggt ccccctgggc cctcctgggg 660 acctccaggc tagtaagacg cgctgggttg gattattgag tattgtgtta actgagtagg 720 atggagcttt ctagcagagg gcttgagccc aggcgnttcg gctctacaca aacctctctg 780 ctcaatcacc gctagaggca cgtactgaga cgtctggctc gctctatcat catgatagcg 840 tcgctcatct aacaagccag gagattgaca gacccatctc tgtagctctc atgataggag 900 catcttatga aatagaaatc cgcagtcttc gtgccctagt gccgcgtgag ctttaggaga 960 atcatacctg gcacaatcct ccaggagata ggtaaggcag gttaggctat gatcgtgatc 1020 gtgggtaatc tggatccgct aataacacga atgggaagtg tcccctggat agagagtggc 1080 atagtcctaa agtcattacg ttggtgcatt gcgccntcct tatacctcgg ggccgtacaa 1140 acgctgtggg cttatacctt tgtgagcacg cgcatacccc tgaggagaca aacatatcgc 1200 acctcatggc gctaaagcgg aaactttggt gttataatgg gaagcttccc gaaattggga 1260 accaaagaaa aaatactaat cttatgtgtc ttgacggtgg aggcatgtaa acgttattac 1320 cacatttaag atcgtgtggg ataacggtgg cccaatgtgg atgtggatat taatatatta 1380 ggtccgtcta tgaaataacg gggactgttt gaatcctttt tcccaaaggg ggtaaaaaac 1440 tggtgtgcct tattccgcta aacttctttt gtgggcgccc ttataccata tttggtcctg 1500 ctccctagtg gctctgtgga gccccgatgg gcatttattt gcgtccccat tctcttccaa 1560 ccgtaagagg ctaaactcca ctctcggtta caccccaccc cttgcgcaaa gtggattatc 1620 ccattgccat tgtgtgtgtc ccttacccag tgggcgaccc tcgcaaccgg gggtgtacgc 1680 ctctggttgg cggcgagccc cccgttggtg gagtacacag cggggcgtgg ccccaattgg 1740 gccttcacca gcggggcgcc tgtccttaaa gtaggaattt ccctttggaa accccatgtg 1800 gggttgaggc acttggagaa gacggggcgg aaaccacgac cgggggagtt tccacacctt 1860 gtgttancca gcgcgtgggg tcccagtttt gggtgagagg aaagagggcg gggtggggct 1920 tcgctaaaaa ggagacggaa cggatcgttg cgcagcctgg cgtcgggcgc acaaggcgac 1980 tacggttcac attttgcgtc atcttccacc cggtccgcgc acaattcata gcccgaggtc 2040 acagcgccgt gttggccccg attcccttgt gagttattgt ggcgcccctt ttggggacca 2100 cactcctggg gggcggcggc gtgnacacca ggagaacatc ccttttgcgt ggcacacg 2158 99 1034 DNA Homo sapien 99 tcggctggcc gaggtctcgt gagcccccta ggaccatcac ggatgccgag cttcggggta 60 actctcagca gtgtgcaagg ttcccactgc ctgccgccgt aaatccctgc tcgaaagtca 120 cgctcctgga cgaaacagtc ggccgcactt catctgcgtc cagtatcaca ctcccctaaa 180 tgagttgtct gccacctcca agcacttcaa cactatttcg ttttattttt ctgattagtt 240 ataacgacgg caggaatgtc taggccgtct gagcccaggc caagccatct gcatccctct 300 ttgacattgc acggtatatg cccagatggc ctgaaggtaa cttgaagaat cacgaaaagg 360 aagtgaatat gctctgcccc tacctttaac atgtatgaca cttcctacct acaagaagag 420 agtgtcaaat ggccggtcct tgctttaagt gatgacatta cctgtggtga aagtccttat 480 tcgctgtgct catcctggct caaaaatcac ccccactgag caccttgcaa cccccactcc 540 tgcctgccag agagcaaacc ctctttgact gtaattttcc tttacctacc caaattccta 600 taaaacggcc ccacccttat ctcccttcgc tgactctctt ttcggactca gcccgcctgc 660 acaccagcga tgaacataaa caggccacga ttgcatcaca acaacacaca cacaaacaca 720 acaaacaccc gggagacaac cagtgcccca caccgggccc cgggggccac caggtaaccc 780 ggccaaatcc ccaaatccta ccactcacaa agtccacata tcaagcatct caacacacac 840 ctcttaccac atacccaaaa catacacaca cccactcacc caccacctca cccactcaca 900 acacacctaa caccactctc acccccccca cccacatctc aacacccaca ccaccatcca 960 acaacccacc catcacccca cccccacacc ccaccctcac ttaacacaac aactctcccc 1020 accatccccc ctcc 1034 100 1401 DNA Homo sapien 100 tcggctggcc gaggtctcgt gagcccccta ggaccatcac ggatgccgag cttcggggta 60 actctcagca gtgtgcaagg ttcccactgc ctgccgccgt aaatccctgc tcgaaagtca 120 cgctcctgga cgaaacagtc ggccgcactt catctgcgtc cagtatcaca ctcccctaaa 180 tgagttgtct gccacctcca agcacttcaa cactatttcg ttttattttt ctgattagtt 240 ataacgacgg caggaatgtc taggccgtct gagcccaggc caagccatct gcatccctct 300 ttgacattgc acggtatatg cccagatggc ctgaaggtaa cttgaagaat cacgaaaagg 360 aagtgaatat gctctgcccc tacctttaac atgtatgaca cttcctacct acaagaagag 420 agtgtcaaat ggccggtcct tgctttaagt gatgacatta cctgtggtga aagtccttat 480 tcgctgtgct catcctggct caaaaatcac ccccactgag caccttgcaa cccccactcc 540 tgcctgccag agagcaaacc ctctttgact gtaattttcc tttacctacc caaattccta 600 taaaacggcc ccacccttat ctcccttcgc tgactctctt ttcggactca gcccgcctgc 660 acaccagcga tgaacataaa cagccttgtt gctcacacaa agcctgtttg gtggtctctt 720 cacacaaacg cgcatgaaat ttggtgccat gactcggatc ggggtacctc ccttgggaga 780 tcaatcccca gtcctcctgc tctttgctcc gtgagaaaga tctacctagg acctcaggtc 840 ctcagactga ccagcccaag gaacatctca ccaatttcaa atctggaacg cgcatgaaaa 900 aaccaaacaa acaaaaaaat tcttttggta gcagaataaa aaaacaaaaa aaaggacttt 960 ttcttctgga ctgaactata tttaaatctc aaaggatgga catctcacaa ccttcctaca 1020 gcaagtactg tgagagctgc atcttgtccc actggatggt cttcagagac aataatacat 1080 aatggagctg tcatctccta tgataacaat gccttcttct ggatacctcc tgaaggacct 1140 gcctgaggct ctttcactcc atgaaaaggt gcgctgtttc ccttgtgcct tccgcattat 1200 gaaagtttcc tgaggcctcc ccagcatgct acctgtacga ctgtgaaaca taaggcaaaa 1260 aaagatacta gcgccagttt ggaggggctt ttctagtctc aagcacgctg aggagtctaa 1320 cttggctttg gagagaaagg gaagctagct ctgagctgga ggggcttagg gggtctcttg 1380 gatccgaggt taagggcgga g 1401 101 952 DNA Homo sapien 101 gcggccgccc gggcaggtac ccaacagctc attgagaacg ggccaggatg acaatggcgg 60 ctttgtggaa tagaaaggcg ggaaaggtgg ggaaaagatt gagaaatcgg atggttgccg 120 tgtctgtgtg gaaagaagta gacatgggag acttttcatt ttgttctaca ctaagaaaaa 180 ttcctctgcc ttgggatcct gttgatctgt gaccttaccc ccaaccctgt gctctctgaa 240 acatgtgcgg tgtccactca gggttaaatg gattaagggc agtgcaagat gtgctttgtt 300 aaacagatgc ttgaaggcag catgctcgtt aagagtcatc accaatccct aatctcaagt 360 aatcagggac acaaacactg cggaaggccg cagggtcctc tgcctaggaa aaccagagac 420 ctttgttcac ttgtttatct gctgaccttc cctccactat tgtcccatga ccctgccaaa 480 tacccctctg tgagaaacac ccaagaatta tctaaaaaaa aaaaccacaa accaaaaaaa 540 aaaaggctgg gggacccatg ggccatagct tgtccctgtg gtggcattgg tacccgccaa 600 ttccccattg tacaacaaac actccaacta ctaccacact gctaccaaca taaacaaata 660 gactcctctc gcatctatcc cctgcaaata aattaattca actataatgc acacaaaaac 720 aaacccttta agtaaatcac acctctactc acaataaaac tgtcacaacc tatcatccta 780 tcactacaca ccatcaacac caagtcaaca ccatgaacac caacacaaaa tacacaaaaa 840 acatacacta acacactaac atattcatac tacaccataa ctacacacag accaacaaaa 900 aacaaacact acgcactaca ctcacatata ctacttacaa ctccactcaa ct 952 102 1549 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (844)..(844) a, c, g or t 102 gcgtggtcgc ggccgagcgt gccagcgcag gtgcttctgc tgagtggggc aggcggagct 60 tgacgaaacc gcctataacg ttctttttct ctcttgacca cgagtagagc acttaagtac 120 cagctactta aagaaagtat agctcaatag agtcactaca gaatattagc ttaggcgtta 180 gacgttttta gacgctaagt tctgtaacta cgctgtaacg catttttcaa cgcagaagaa 240 taatgacatg actgtagaag cgacgtagca gtggacggac aggaacacac gatacacata 300 gggtcttcta gaaaccatgt gacctggacg cgttgtgcag gattgaacgc cttgcgccgt 360 gaatccctgc gtcacttagg ctaggttttc catgtgatcg acaccgttgg tttaactccc 420 cagacgtcga ccgataattt cctgacgagc gagagcatac ccgtgaagtc caaagcctag 480 aacgaatagc acgactaccg tgggacagtc gaagtggcaa aggccagaga tatcatttgg 540 gtttgatcca gcaacgagtg ccgtatttcc acaccgtacg agtatgctcc caaagagtat 600 atagaggggc gccccaaaat acggtcacac gtaatatgtg ccactcccgt gtgctagagc 660 aaaacgatac acacgctgct ccatttgtga acaccttctg cgccgcaata aatgggtgat 720 acataagagc acatttctaa ccacagagta gtgcagtgca atggccccat tctcagaagc 780 atcccccata agagctcaat acattccttg ttcctgtgtg acagagcttt aaaacaattt 840 gacncttctc ctttaatcta agagggttag gcagcagtgt agttgcgaag cctaactgct 900 caagagatag ttgaatcaaa taccgccccc cggtgtcttg gggccacata ctggagaacc 960 atttcccgcg gtgtcaaata atatggagga accgtaaact caaacttgtg aggctttcgc 1020 cttaaagccg cccggatact aaaacggacc gaacacaacg catggcctta aagtcgttgg 1080 ttaacataga aacacacaag aacccccatg gttagcccac gatatgtttt tgagcaccat 1140 accgtgatga tatcgtaagg atttgcacgc cattgttgtt gtaaagacat gtgatgtcgg 1200 tggatatgta aacaacncac atttacccta agggcaccaa aggagcgtaa tgaagacaat 1260 gaggccaccg actttccccc catagggcag ccaacggcac ttgtgtggca cactcgcgtt 1320 taagcgcact ctaccatagt atgaggacgc ccgctcgtct ttgagtagaa gagacctaag 1380 aggagagcaa caacaaaagc taaacagaaa ctaggagcag caaaacaaaa ccaaagcaat 1440 agcgacagcg agagacagaa gtgtactcgt gcaccactaa ggacacatgt cagtgctggg 1500 ggtagtccag acagatgtga ttcaccctgt acggcagccg cacagacag 1549 103 767 DNA Homo sapien 103 atgaattcat ctatagggcc attgtgactc tagatgctgc tcggagcggc gccttgtgat 60 ggatcggccg cccgggcggt tgtaatccca gctacttggg aggctgaggc agagaattgc 120 ttgaacccgg gaggcagagg ttgcagtgag tcgagatcgt accactgcac tccagccagg 180 gcaacagaag gagactccat ctcaaaaaaa agaaaaaaag gtaaggccgg actcagtggc 240 tcacacttgt aatctcagca cttcgggagg aggctgaggc aggcagatgc ttgcgcttag 300 gagttcagga ctgaactagg caacatggag aaaccatgtc tctacaaaat ataaaaaaat 360 tagctggaca tggtgtcttg cacctgtagt cccagctact caggaggctg agctgggagt 420 atcacttgag cccaggaagt gcagattgca gtagccaaga tcatgccact gcactccagc 480 ctgggaaaca tagtgagatc ctgtctcaaa aataataata ataaaatagg ccgagcgcgg 540 tgactcacgc ctgtaatccc agcactttgg gaggccaagg cgggtggatc acgaggtcag 600 gagatcaaga ccatcctggc taacacggtg aaaccccatc tctactaaaa atacaaaaaa 660 ttagcccggt gtggtggtgg gcgcctgtag tcccagctac tagggaggcg gaggcggaga 720 atggcgtgaa cccgggaggg tggagcttgc agtgagccga gattgcc 767 104 635 DNA Homo sapien 104 cgagctggcc gccccgggca ggtcacacct taccacttga cacccattaa caaaactacc 60 cctgtccctt attcccctgt gcccctcttc gtgaacggtg gatcatagtg ccgtcgtttc 120 caaccgtttg ccaaatcttc tgcacatgtc cctcctctct gcgcatgaca tcaggagctt 180 gtgagcgtgg aagtacctaa cctagctcat gactaccaga acgttccttg tatagaaaga 240 ctctacacct attctgagtt ttcaaagtat gactgatccc ctggggcagc gtcgaaaggc 300 gtttggccgc ttaaactcca atcgcgctca tcaggcttgg ttccccctag tagttgcaac 360 attccgtttc actcccgtct cacccatagt tccccagcga cgaatccatc acttggaggc 420 cactccaact aggaggttta aggtcgaccc caggggggat ccttggcacg tgaacccctt 480 ttgacacagt tttttgcaca ttgaaacttt gacagctttg agtaatttct ccttacgaga 540 acccccctgg cgagctttct tataccatcg ttttgcggag ctccattata tataacggta 600 caacacaggt ttttttgtca accccgtcct gaatt 635 105 461 DNA Homo sapien 105 cacaacatac gagcatgact tggagaggtc tcatttgctg aatgagtgat gaatgctgac 60 cacacattca aggaaaacct tggatgttca tacatgtatt ttaaaactga gggatatgtc 120 ctttctgaga gatgtatcaa gcatggataa ctgaaagggt tttgagtgct taaaacggat 180 aagctccaga atatctggaa ccattcacat tgcatatagt cactacatta tcccagagta 240 gtagtttgtt aaagttaaca ccgttagtgt aagctaaagt gctagaggtt cgtttttcgc 300 tgttctagac gagaggtgaa tagtcataaa gtcaagttca ttagaacgag gaaaaaacaa 360 aaaaaaacaa gaaacaaaaa aaaaaggtgg gggtaaacaa atgggaaaaa aggggaccct 420 ggttggaaaa ttagttaccc cagacaaaaa attcccagca a 461 106 1041 DNA Homo sapien 106 tcgcggccga ggtaccacca ttgaaaacat ttaagttggc caggcacagt ggtgcacgcc 60 tgtaatccta gcactttggg aggccgaggc aggtgagctg cttgagccaa aaagttccag 120 accagcatgg gcaacatgca gaaaccccgt ctctagaaaa tatacaaaaa ttagcggggc 180 atggtggcac atgcctgcag tctcagctac tcaggacaat gaggtaggag gattgcttga 240 gcctgtgaag ttgagactgc agtaagctgt gatgatgcca ccgctctcca ccttgggtga 300 cagagcaaga cccgagaaag aaagaaagaa agaaagaaag aaagaaagaa agaaagaaag 360 aaagaaagaa agagagagag agagagagag agagaaagaa agaaaggagg aaggaaggaa 420 ggacggacac ggacacggaa cggaacggta cggtaacggt acacggaccg gggaaagcaa 480 gaaagaaaga acagaaaaag aacgacagac cgacagaaag aagagagaga gaaagacaga 540 acggaggtcc ggacggaccg gacggacgga caaaaagaag aagaagacgg aacgacagaa 600 cagaccgacg cgacagaagc acgaagaccg acagacgagg gaccgaccga ccgaccgcac 660 cgacttccat aaataaaaag gcgtgcgagg aacaaggtgc caatagggtg accgtggggt 720 aaatgtgtct cggccaaatc aacggaggtc cacacaaagc tgatggaagt caaaaaaaaa 780 agaaaaaaga ggatagaaga aaaagagtga gacaagaaaa agaaggggaa aaccagggat 840 ggaaggggaa ggagagacag aggagaagag caaggagggg agaccaagga ggaagaagga 900 gaggcggaaa cagggggggg aaaggagaag aaagaagcaa agagaacagg gaaaggaaag 960 aaggaagacg aggacacaga agagaaggcg aaaagacaga gggacacaag aacaagaaga 1020 gcgcgagagg aagggagggg g 1041 107 834 DNA Homo sapien 107 tggtcgcggc cgaggtacac gcccgccccc gggagagctg agtcaggccc tgaaaagcct 60 caccttgaac catgtggtct aggcaagccc ccgagcctcc tctggccgat aagttgacct 120 ccccaaatct ggtatggtag ccctggggct tgtctgcttg tgagtatcgg ggagaaccgg 180 cgtggttgat ggggggcccc cagcagctgc taatcagtct agacgactct atatcccgct 240 gcagaatcaa ctcgtcactg agaggcaagg ccagccttcc accggaagga gaagagccag 300 tataatggtt ggccagtgcc gcgttcgtgc ttggctgcca ttcttgagtc agggtgtcat 360 ccgttgatgc attcatgacg cactgctgga gagagaggct gcatgagctt cccctagaac 420 agttgaaact aaaagacttg tgtgccgttt aaaaaataac acaataatac catataataa 480 ggcgtggggg gtcaacccag tggcagccat ggcggtgatt cccggtgggg ggtagaatgc 540 gtgtcgccgg ttcacaatct tccagataga cttttagaga gcacaagggt taaaaatggc 600 cctttcaaaa attaaacctg tcaaaaacac aaaagagaaa gaacaaacaa aaagaacaaa 660 gaagagggag tggggggaaa caccgggggg cacaaagagt gaaacccggg tgagacacac 720 tgggataacc ggcaccacaa ttcccaccaa actaaagggc gcaaagagag aaaaagaaga 780 gcgaaaacaa aaaaaaaaaa acgaagagga gaaaaaaaag agaaaaggaa gaag 834 108 1015 DNA Homo sapien 108 agttcgacaa tatagggcca tggttatcta atgcatgctc cgagcggcgc cttatgtgat 60 ggatcggccg ccgggcaggt gcaaaaatca gcccaacatg gtggtgcaca cctataatcc 120 cagctactcg ggaggttgag gcacaggaat cgcttgaact cggtaggcga aggtttcagt 180 gagccaaaat catgccactg ccctccagcc tgggcaacag agtgagaatg tctcaaaaaa 240 aaaaaaaaaa aaaagagaaa aatgggggtt ggaactacac agggtcctcc ttataaggca 300 ggattctttt caattaaaag ttacaccaag gtgtgcctgc ctctccttcc cggttttctc 360 cacctcttcc atcccttgct tacctcgggg gcgggaaaga ccaaaccctc ctcttcatct 420 ctcctccaca gcctactcag tgcaaagacc gtgagggatg aagactttag tgatgatcca 480 ctttccactt aatggaatat gtaaaatatt tggtctcctg gtatagaatt tccctaaata 540 accattggtt tcctggtagc tatactttac ctggcaagaa tatacggttt ggtaatactt 600 attaaccata ccggaatatg tggtcactgg tatggggtaa gggcttctgg tcagcaatag 660 ggctattagt aagttggggg ggagtcaaca cggatatggc ggggtttccg acttaactta 720 atatattcct tttatcagcc acttatttaa tgtcccacca gcatattcct tgactcactt 780 tttattgggt gattgggggc ctacaggtat gttccctttt aagattcagg ttgcacaggt 840 aaggcgatat ggtgagccgg aaggtatctg ggacaagaga ctgtgtggaa atgacccggg 900 agagattcct ttacaatgat tcaggtgggg gaggagccaa tgtgcatatg gaagcgccgt 960 aagccccagg agcacacgaa agggttcgcg ttccactaaa acggttcccc gcgtg 1015 109 577 DNA Homo sapien 109 gcgccgggca ggttgtaatc ccagctactt gggaggctga gtgcagagaa tttgcttgaa 60 ccctggtgag gcagaggttg cagtgatgtc gagatctgta ccactgcact ccagccagtg 120 gcaacatgaa ggagactcca tctcaaaaaa atgaaaaaaa ggtaatgtgc cggactcagt 180 tggctcacac ttgtaatctc agcacttacg ggaggacggc tgagtgcagg cagattgctt 240 gcgcttagga gttcacggac ttgaacctat tgcaaccatg ggagaaacca tgtctctaca 300 aaatatataa aaaaattatg ctggacatgg tgtcttgcac cttgtagtcc cagctactca 360 tggaggcttg agctgggagt atcacttgag cccaggaatg tgcatgattt gcaatgtatc 420 caagatcatg ccactgcact ccatgcctgt ggaaacatat gtgagatcct ggtctcaaaa 480 ataactaata cataataata cggcctgagc gctgggtttg ctctactgcc ttgtaaatcc 540 caagcacttc tgggagggcc aacttgcggt gtggatc 577 110 725 DNA Homo sapien 110 tcgcggccga ggtctcgtga gccccctaga ccatcacgga tgccgagctt cgggtaactc 60 tcacagtgga aggttcccac gccgccccta atcccgctcg aagcagccct gagaaacatc 120 gcccattctc tctccatatc accccccaaa aatttttgcc accccaacac ttcaacacta 180 tttgttttat ttttcttatt aatataagac ggcaggaatg tcaggcctct gagcccaagc 240 caagccatcg catcccctgt gacttgcacg tatatgccca gatggcctga agtaactgaa 300 gaatcacaaa agaagtgaat atgctctgcc ccaccttaac tgatgacctt ccaccacaaa 360 agaagtgtaa atggccggtc cttgctttaa gtgatgacat taccttgtga aagtcctttt 420 cctggctcat cctggctcaa aaatcacccc cactgagcac cttgcaaccc ccactcctgc 480 ctgccagaga gcaaaccctc tttgactgta attttccttt acctacccaa atcctataaa 540 acggccccac ccttatctcc cttcgctgac tctcttttcg gactcagccc gcctgcaccc 600 aggtgaaata aacagccacg ttgctcacaa aaaaaaaaca aaaagcctgg gggaaccccg 660 ggccaagcgg tcccggggtg atttggttcc ccggtcccat tcccattgaa aacggtttcg 720 cacac 725 111 968 DNA Homo sapien 111 ggtcatactc ctattcaccg ttctcaacta ctcatacatg ccctgctctt gtttacactg 60 ccggtttaca ctgtttttcc aagccatcac agctgatatc tcctggtgct atccccaaac 120 tgccactctt aactcttgaa gtaaataaat catctttgct ggcaggacta tgctgaatct 180 ccttaggcac tctctaatca gacatcctga gtcgtcccaa ttcttagacc ttttatacct 240 gtttttctcc ttctgttatt ccatttagtt tttcaattca tacaaaaccg tatccaggcc 300 atcaccaatc attctatatg acaaatgttt cttctaacat ccccacaatc tcacccctta 360 ccacaagacc tcccttcagc ttaatctctc ccactctagg ttcccacgcc gcccctaatc 420 ccgcttgaag cagccctgag aaacatcgcc cattctctct ccataccacc ccccaaaaat 480 gttcgccgcc ccaacacttc aacactattt tgttttattt ttcttattaa tataagaagg 540 caggaatgtc aggcctctga gcccaagcca agccatcgca tcccctgtga cttgcacgta 600 tacgcccaga tggcctgaag taactgaaga atcacaaaag aagtgaatag ccctgcccca 660 ccttaactga tgacattcca ccacaaaaga actgtaaatg gccggtgctt gccttaactg 720 atgacattac cttgtgaaag tccttttcct ggctcatcct ggctcaaaaa gcacccccac 780 tgagcacctt gcaaccccca ctcctgcctg ccagagaaca aacccccttt gactgtaatt 840 ttcctttacc tacccaaatc ctataaaacg gccccaccct tatcttccct tcgctgactc 900 tctttttgga ctcagcccgc ctgcacccag gtgaaataaa cagccatgtt gctcacaaaa 960 aaaaaaaa 968 112 535 DNA Homo sapien 112 tggtcgcggc gaggtaaccc ctgtaacctg tgaatattat atgacataat ggactttgca 60 catgtaatta aattaaggat cttgagatga ggggattatc ctagattatc tgggtggacc 120 cctaaatgca atcccaagtg tccttatgag tgggggccag agagagagat tggacacagg 180 agaaggaggc aatgtgacta ctgcagcaag atgctacact gctggcttgg aggtggaaga 240 gaaggccaaa aatgcaacga acgtagcttg gaagctggaa aaggcaagga aactgttttc 300 ccttagaacc tctggaggaa gtgtggccct gccaacacac tgattttagc ccagtgaaac 360 taattttgaa tttctgacct ctagaactgt aagagaataa atgtgtttgt tttaagtcgc 420 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaggctgg gggtaccggg gccatagggg tcccgggggg 480 aattggtttc ccgcccaaaa ttcccccaaa aataggggag acaatccccc aagaa 535 113 7510 DNA Homo sapien 113 cagtcagtta ctcaatattt atggaacact tcctgtgcca ggccctggat ttctcagctg 60 taacacagat aaccaatatg tgccttatcc ctcaaatagc tgacccaacg gggcccaaac 120 cccattttca tggtcctacc tgtcctacca actttttttt ttttttttgc caatttctgg 180 tttttcttcc tctagatcct gcctgcagac atttatattt gaacctgtgt tcttggttcc 240 agacaatgtg ggttcccacc aaaacccact tgcaccgaac tctcatgggc ttattagtaa 300 ctctgtgaaa gagttggctg cagtgggtgg ggtgaggggt ttctggaccc ccttcacaca 360 ccacttagcc ctctctgact ggcccttctg ttaccactcc tccgctttgc tctgaacaag 420 tgaccctttc cctggcccag caaaccaaga gggcgtgaac aagccagtcc cgctacctgg 480 cgcttctccc agggagcatt ctcctcccct tctctggccc cttctgtatt tttatggtgt 540 tttccccagg ctgctaatta attagccttc tttacaaagg cggtgctctc acctcttctt 600 cagggttggc tgtgttcatt tgtttagaac attgttccgt ctcataaatt ggttggttat 660 tagacttttt gttggtttat gactactgca tggaaatttc aggatagtca agcacattta 720 gagaaatttg gtgactggtt gaaataattg ttagggaagg atgcagatgt tctgtgttct 780 aagcaggctt gttaaccaga ttggaaatta ctgtttatat ctcatttttg ctgcatagga 840 gctcattgag ttagaatagt ttccttttct acttctgcta ctgtcaaagc ctcaagatgc 900 aaaacacatt cagtttagtt gagcagctcc tgcagtctgt tcccagcacc agctatctgc 960 aaagcgccat gttagaggta agctgctaac ttccatacag cctacaaaac ccagatggcc 1020 ttccctatct cctggaagcc ttctctgact gctaccacca ctttcccctt ccctagagtt 1080 aatcttttcc tttctgcaag tggcctgcgc atcctatttg ggcatttgtt tcatactgtt 1140 cggtaatttt ttagcatcgg cctctcttac tagactgcgc actgaacctc tgagtccagg 1200 gactgtgtct ccttcatgtt tatatttcca gcacccagtg ggagacttta atagtcatta 1260 gtaaagtact gaatgaatga ggaaaccttc aaagccagct tacatgagtg tttcatgggg 1320 atttgttgaa cagagatgcc ctgtctcagg gtctcagtcc cgtatctctc tcctgtgctg 1380 ttgcggcagc ttcctgtctc tctgctgctg ctttgctcct gcagtctgtt cccagcatgc 1440 agatcccgtc acccctcttc ccggaaatct ccagtgtctt ccatcttact tcatggaaaa 1500 gctagagcat tcaattagac cccaaagatc tgactcccag ggccctcctg aaccccatca 1560 cttctgaccc ataatataca cactctacca agctacccag aagcgcctgc tccccctgga 1620 atgtactccc ttgtcaaatc ttctgatcta gatgttcctc tgcctagaat gttcttccca 1680 gatgcttgca tggctcactt ctttacttcc tcgtgtcttt tcccagctgc caccatttca 1740 gtgatgcctt atcaggacat catctctgcc aacagtctca cttcattctt ttctagaata 1800 cttaccacct tttaatgtac tatatatatt gacttatcca ttgttttttt gtctccctcg 1860 ctgaatgcaa gccctatgaa ggcagggatt tgtggttcct ctggttcatc atcctttccc 1920 tcacactcca gggactagat tgcatgtcgt catggtgaca gccaacatgc agatggtgtt 1980 tttgtgtcag gcgcttttct gagcatgtta tacattatga ttaataaacg gaggaggtaa 2040 gagtccacca ggcagtctga gctctgagcc cttatgcttt tctgcctagt agcaagtatt 2100 tgttcaaaga atgaaggaat gagtacttat gataaggaga taaagcaagt tggcactgcc 2160 ttattagcct gtgttgcagt tgaatgaaac agaggattcc cagccttctc cgagcaccca 2220 atgggactgg cacttatggg agagaagaag ctatgacagg ggcttccatt tcagttgtgc 2280 cctaaaagca gctgggccaa aaggtggatc ttgtggatgt aggtgaatta tcatatgtaa 2340 tcagccaact caacttttac ctccagactc ttgcagcaaa gaatggtcaa ccttggaaca 2400 ttatctttaa catctcaaag ttctttctta tcagtcacct cattttcttc tcacaggaat 2460 tagataagga gggaaggaca gatggcatca tcctcatttt atgtgtgaga gcaggcagag 2520 ctgaagagac atctatgaag tcccacagct gggagccaga atcctaaccc agatccccag 2580 ctttctcctg tcaccttcag gcctccctct ggtcagtgtg atcatcttta gactctccag 2640 gtggcagcaa gctttgagaa gttcctgctg ctatttttac tattcctgat tctgttgacc 2700 cccaaaacag actgctgaga ggatgctaga ccatgctcct ggggagcacc agaaagggtt 2760 cctggagctc cagtgttcag ctgcaggatt gaactaagca cacctgttga gggggacctt 2820 gagaggggag gctgctgtag tttacaaaga aatgaacaaa tagggcatat cagccctgca 2880 gtgcagcttt aaggacatct cccatggttt gagccttgcg gtgccatcct gccctgctgg 2940 acttgaggtg caaggtgtcc attcatctag ggctgcccca gattctgcag atgtctccaa 3000 tgcagtacct tggaagctct acggggcaca ggcagctctt ccaagaaggg ctaacaggtg 3060 gaaaaggagc atttatggag cacctgccat ttgccagcat tctgctcagc tccatgtctt 3120 actatctgtt agcctcactc tttgcagaca agcaggagat gagaccagac tgggtaacac 3180 acccaaagca ccacagtggt ggggcaaggc tcccagtctg ctccttctga cttgaagcac 3240 attccatcgc catatcactc atcacttcct ccttgtcaaa caaagcaaga ctctgcacta 3300 gcttcaggct tttgttttgt tttttgacac agagtctcgc tctgtcgccc aggctggaga 3360 gcagtggcgc catctcggct cacggcaacc tctgcctccc gggttcaagc aattctcctg 3420 tcttagcctc ctgggtagct gggattacag gcgcgcgcca ctatgcctag caattttttt 3480 gtatttttag tagagatggg attttaccac attggtcagg ctggtctcaa actcctccac 3540 tcaggtgatc caaccacctt ggcctcccaa aatgccagga ttacaggcat gagccaccat 3600 gcctgcctgc tgcctattta aatagcaagc agttacagtt aaagaaagac cctggcctgg 3660 ggacgctgcc aaggctccta atctgacact tctttcatgt ggaccaggga tctgaactgt 3720 gtttcttcca aacttttgga gcttgcttcc ttggtggtaa gctaaatagt ggcccccaaa 3780 atatacccct ttataacccc tgtaacctgt gaatattata tgacataatg gactttgcac 3840 atgtaattaa attaaggatc ttgagatgag gggattatcc tagattatct gggtggaccc 3900 ctaaatgcaa tcccaagtgt ccttatgagt gggggccaga gagagagatt ggacacagga 3960 gaaggaggca atgtgactac tgcagcaaga tgctacactg ctggctttgg aggtggaaga 4020 gaaggccaaa aatgcaacga acgtagcttt ggaagctgga aaaggcaagg aaactgtttt 4080 cccttagaac ctctggagga agtgtgccct gccaacacac tgattttagc ccagtgaaac 4140 taattttgaa tttctgacct ctagaacttg tcaggacatt tctagaatct gttggggttc 4200 ctgagagaga gagagcacct gccactggca ttgaaaaaga tgtcctggcg tccgcaatac 4260 cgtagctcca agttccggaa tgtctacggg aaggtggcca accgggagca ctgcttcgat 4320 gggatcccca tcaccaagaa tgtgcacgac aaccacttct gtgccgtcaa cacccgcttc 4380 ctggccatcg tcaccgagag cgcagggggc ggctccttcc tcgtcatccc cctggagcag 4440 acaggcagga ttgaacccaa ctaccccaag gtctgcggcc accagggcaa tgtgctggat 4500 atcaaatgga accccttcat cgacaacatc attgcctcgt gctcggagga cacgtcggtg 4560 cggatctggg agatccccga gggcgggctg aagcggaaca tgacggaggc gctcctggag 4620 ctgcacgggc acagccggcg tgtggggctg gtcgagtggc accccaccac caacaacatc 4680 ctgttcagcg ctggctacga ctacaaggtc ctcatctgga acctggatgt gggtgagccg 4740 gtgaagatga ttgactgcca cacggatgtg atcctctgca tgtccttcaa cacggacggc 4800 agcctgctca ccaccacgtg caaggacaag aagctgcgtg tgattgagcc ccgctctggc 4860 cgtgttctgc aggaggccaa ctgcaaaaac cacagagtga accgggtggt gttcctgggg 4920 aacatgaagc ggctcctcac gacaggggtc tccaggtgga acacaagaca gattgccctc 4980 tgggaccagg aggacctctc catgcccctg atcgaagagg aaattgatgg gctctctggc 5040 ctcctgttcc ccttctatga tgctgacacc cacatgctct acctggctgg aaagggtgat 5100 ggaaacatcc ggtactacga gatcagcact gagaagccct acctgagtta cctcatggag 5160 ttccgctccc cagccccgca gaaaggccta ggggtcatgc ccaagcacgg gctggatgtg 5220 tcagcctgcg aggtgttccg cttctacaag ctggtgactc tcaagggcct gatcgagccc 5280 atctccatga tcgtgccccg gaggtcagat tcctaccagg aagacattta cccaatgaca 5340 ccaggcacgg agccagcact gaccccggat gaatggctgg gaggcatcaa ccgagatccc 5400 gtgctgatgt ctttgaaaga aggctataag aagtcctcaa aaatggtatt taaggctccc 5460 atcaaagaaa agaagagtgt tgtggtcaac ggaatagatt tattagaaaa tgtcccaccc 5520 aggacagaga atgagctcct tcgaatgttc ttccggcagc aggatgagat tcgacggttg 5580 aaagaggagc tggcccagaa ggacatccgc attcggcagc tccagctgga actgaaaaac 5640 ttgcgcaaca gccccaagaa ctgttagctc cccagctggg ctgttttcta agccgatctc 5700 tccgtcgttt ctactcatcc cttaacttct cccttaccag tgaccccaga gacagagcca 5760 ggacaggagt gggggccagc ctgaggaccc ccgcctacca cctcgagaac tggaagccaa 5820 cctctaacct cctgacctca tgctaataaa agtccccagc ttctggagac cccctgccgg 5880 cagccccttt ccctgccacc ccaggagcca ggcttcccct cagctgggtg aagactacag 5940 actccctggg gttggcaggg gctccatctc agtggaccag gaagcaagag gggaagcggg 6000 atcccagcta gacttagaac ttggactttt cccctgtgaa gggggctgcc aggacatctc 6060 agcactcccg cctggagctc tcagcatcac tgaaggtacc acagtgtaag tgctggactg 6120 caggctgcag tgatccctct ttcgtcccac cccctcttcc ctcagcagcc ccggaagcct 6180 gcctcacccg acgaggacag cgagcggccc ggctcctttc tgtctcttcc cttcccaccc 6240 tcttgtcttc agggaattca gaggattgct ttccaaggcc ataatgaccc cttgccttcc 6300 ccatgattct ctacaaagct cttgcacacc cttttcccat tcaatttgtg agccaggcag 6360 ggtagggatt agtgtccccc tttgacaaat gacagaactg agggttgcaa tggggaaatg 6420 acttataaag tcacccagca ggtcaacaat gggcccacga ccaagaccct gggtgttcag 6480 accccaaggc cagggccttt cccgctgcat caagatgcca atccctttgt gggcttcacc 6540 agtgcccaag tctctatgga gaatgagaac tggaagccac tgctaccgtc tacccagcac 6600 cagtagtgcc gatgtgccac actgcccagt tgaggcccct cacgctctgt gcccctagat 6660 ccttcaggtc cccaccctca gctgtcacca ccaccctccc caggggactc catctgagat 6720 gaggcctcgt cctcctggaa gctgaggctg agaagggtgg agcttggccc tggggaaggc 6780 agaccagggt ctgatggctt ctagggatgc tctgcgtgtg tctcagcacc gctatctcag 6840 ccactttcag ccttatgcac gtagaatgac cacagccact cgcatccgta tagcacttta 6900 aagtttctgc agtcctttga cacataggat ctcatcgagc ctcacgtcta ctcccttctg 6960 cagatgagga aaccgagaga agtggcccaa ggtcacgcaa ctctgagatg ccacatttca 7020 tttgatcttg tacacatttt cttttattcc ttcttttttc ctcctttcat ttcccactac 7080 gcacaaagag tttataaaca ctgttctcag aagagtcaca gtttggggtg agatctggaa 7140 atcaagaaat gggtgtccac tcttttcttt cattagctag gatctactag atgcattata 7200 ctccatacct gcttttccca tggccgccct acggaaaatc ccatccacag aggccagggc 7260 tacccaagcc cctccaggtg agctgggcct ttcctttatg aacctccatc ctcccagcca 7320 gctacagtag ggcctcctca ccccgtaccc cacagctaga cagtgtcagc actcatctcc 7380 tcctcccaca tttctggagc tttttttttt ccttccccat tgacctttgt ggtcttctgt 7440 gattatttat gctgcctccc aaggatagaa ttgaaataaa atgttttcaa cttagaaaaa 7500 aaaaaaaagg 7510 114 917 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (616)..(616) a, c, g or t 114 gaaaaagaag atgatcatat gggcgaatgg gccctagatg ctgctcgagc ggcgccagtg 60 tgatggatga gcggccgccc gggcaggttg taatcccagc tacttgggag gctgaggcag 120 agaattgctt gaacccggga ggcagaggtt gcagtgagtc gagatcgtac cactgcactc 180 cagccaggca acagaaggag actccatctc aaaaaaaaga aaaaaaggta aggccggact 240 cagtggctca cacttgtaat ctcagcactt cgggaggagg ctgaggcagg cagattgctt 300 gcgcttagga gttcaggact gaactaggca acatggagaa accatgtctc tacaaaatat 360 aaaaaaatta gctggacatg gtgtcttgca cctgtagtcc cagctactca ggaggctgag 420 ctgggagtat cacttgagcc caggaagtgc agattgcagt agccaagatc atgccactgc 480 actccagcct gggaaacata gtgagatcct gtctcaaaaa taataataat aaaataggcc 540 gagcgcggtg gctcacgcct gtaatcccag cactttggga ggccaaggcg ggtggatcac 600 gaggtcagga gatcangacc atcctggcta acacggtgaa accccatctc tactaaaaat 660 acaaaaaatt agcccggtgt ggtggtgggc gcctgtagtc ccagctacta gggaggcgga 720 gggaaggaga atggcgtgaa cccgggaggt ggagcttgca gtgagccgag attgcaccaa 780 tgcactcagc ctgggtaata cagcgagact ccatcccaag aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaagag 840 cgtggggaca ctgggcaaag ggccgtggaa tggtcgccca cacaaaacaa caaaaagaaa 900 aaaaaaaagc ccaaaaa 917 115 787 DNA Homo sapien 115 ccgcccgggc aggttgtaat cccagctact tgggaggctg aggcagagaa ttgcttgaac 60 ccgggaggca gaggttgcag tgagtcgaga tcgtaccact gcactccagc cagggcaaca 120 gaaggagact ccatctcaaa aaaaagaaaa aaaggtaagg ccggactcag tggctcacac 180 ttgtaatctc agcacttcgg gaggaggctg aggcaggcag attgcttgcg cttaggagtt 240 caggactgaa ctaggcaaca tggagaaacc atgtctctac aaaatataaa aaaattagct 300 ggacatggtg tcttgcacct gtagtcccag ctactcagga ggctgagctg ggagtatcac 360 ttgagcccag gaagtgcaga ttgcagtagc caagatcatg ccactgcact ccagcctggg 420 aaacatagtg agatcctgtc tcaaaaataa taataataaa ataggccgag cgcggtggct 480 cacgcctgta atcccagcac tttgggaggc caaggcgggt ggatcacgag gtcaggagat 540 caagaccatc ctggctaaca cggtgaaacc ccatctctac taaaaataca aaaaattagc 600 ccggtgtggt ggtgggcgcc tgtagtccca gctactaggg aggcggaggc aggagatggc 660 gtgaacccgg gaggtggagc ttgcagtgaa gccgagattg gaccactgca ctccagcctg 720 ggtatacagc gagactcatc ccaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaag ctggggtaac ctggcaaacc 780 gtcccgg 787 116 666 DNA Homo sapien 116 taatgcatgc tcgagcggcg ccagtgtgat ggatgcgtgg tcgcggccgg aggtaccatc 60 aaaacggaag gcgagcatga ccctgtgacg gagtttatag gtgaggccga ctgcctagcc 120 ctttactaca atagaaaatg tcagctgggc gcggtggctc atgcctgtaa tcccagcact 180 ttgggaggcc aaggtgggtg gatcacctga ggttgggagt tcaagaccag cccgaccaac 240 atggagaaac cccatctcta ctaaaaatac agcattagct gggcatggtg gcacgtgcct 300 gtagtcccag ctactcagga ggctgaggtg gggagaatcg cttgaacctg ggaggcagag 360 gtttcagtga accaagatct catgccacgg cgctccagct tgggtgacaa agtgagactt 420 tatctcaaat aaataaataa ataaataaag tcagggtgtg gtggctcacg cctgtaatcc 480 cagcactttg ggaggcagag gcaggtgggt cacgaggtca ggagttcaag accagcccga 540 ccaagatggt gaaatcccgt ctctacaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa ggttgggggt 600 accggggcca aaggggtccc tgtgtgaatt tgtttcccgc tccatttccc cacatttgaa 660 aaaacc 666 117 664 DNA Homo sapien 117 tgatgatcat atggggcatg ggtctctaga tgcatgctcg agcggcgcag tgtgatggat 60 cggccgcccg ggcaggtacc tgctggagaa gggagactac aaggacagca gcgagtttgg 120 ggcccgtcac cctcagggac atggatgaag ctggaaacca tcattctcag caaactaaca 180 cagaagcaga aaaccaaaca ccacatgttc tcactcataa gtgggagttg aacagtgaga 240 acacatggac acaaggaggg gaacatcaca caccgaggcc tgtcagggag tgggggacaa 300 gagggagaga gagcatggga caaataccaa atgcatgcac ggcttaaaac ctagatgaca 360 ggttgatggg tgcagcaaac caccatggca catgtatacc tgtgtaacaa acctgcacgt 420 tctgcacatg tatcccagaa cttataataa aaaagaaacc aggaaaaaag aaaaaaacaa 480 aaacaaaaaa aacggtcggg gcgtcatcac ggggtccata agctggtctc ccggggtgga 540 ctatgggttt ttcccgctcc acatattccc ccgacaacta acgcggaggc caacgggaca 600 agcgaacaag agagaaagcg agcaagagag tacacaaagc agagccagcc agagcaagag 660 gcag 664 118 708 DNA Homo sapien misc_feature (185)..(185) a, c, g or t 118 attcgtggtg acgatcttct atagtctggc gtgactggct ctactgcaga gtactgggaa 60 ctctgagggg aatcgtcacg taggtctaca tcggagatta ggacaagctc tgttgtatac 120 aaccattagg ctatacctta tggctgtgac ttagtaaaca gcgagacgca cgtatggctt 180 tgcgnaatga gaaccattct tgaatcttac ggtgggctcg ttgaagcgat agagaaggca 240 tgtgatccta ggatcatggg gagcacccac cgagtataag ggccacgcac acactgacgc 300 ctcgtacgat ctcgcatgcc atgaacacca cgcttcgcgc gagttactct aagagatcat 360 gtcgaatacg ctttgattct cgtcacagga gcacccatca ggcacacggc atttgggcgg 420 tacactcact aggctcatac gtctttgctt cctctagtgc tgcaatactt gcttctcccg 480 ggtctatcaa ttcctgcatc aaatgatggg ggaggcagaa ntgaaactaa acttaaaggt 540 ggaatccttt gcagaaaaaa aaacaaagaa gaaataaaaa aaaaagagtg tgtggcggta 600 accgtgtggg ccaatgaggg ggtgttccgc gtgtgtgtgt ggaaagtgtg gttttctcgc 660 gcccaaaatt tccacccaaa caatttcggg agaacaacag gggaagga 708 119 36 PRT Homo sapien 119 Met Pro Val Glu Asn His Glu Leu Arg His Ile Leu Pro Gln Phe Glu 1 5 10 15 Glu Lys Ile His Lys Lys Trp Arg Thr Thr Ile Leu Gly Ser His Ser 20 25 30 Thr Phe Arg Glu 35 120 40 PRT Homo sapien 120 Met Arg Ser Trp Thr Lys Asp Ile Tyr Ser Phe Ile Gln Tyr Ser Cys 1 5 10 15 Val Cys Val Leu Glu Thr Gly Ser Cys Ser Val Gly Gln Ile Gly Leu 20 25 30 Asp Val Ser Pro Leu Ile Asp Gln 35 40 121 185 PRT Homo sapien 121 Met Ile Thr Thr Ser Thr His Ile Tyr Pro Leu Thr Thr Leu Leu Thr 1 5 10 15 Asp Ser Arg Thr Leu Leu Ile Arg Leu Tyr Ile Leu Asn Arg Phe Thr 20 25 30 Pro Ala Ser His Ser Ile Gln Pro Thr Gln Leu Pro Pro His Pro Leu 35 40 45 Ile Ser His Ser Leu Leu Pro Thr His Asp Pro Leu Pro Ser Thr Ser 50 55 60 His His Ser Thr Thr Gln His Leu Leu Pro Leu Ile Thr Thr Pro Ser 65 70 75 80 Thr His Ser Pro Pro Ile His Tyr His His Pro Pro Asn Pro Pro Leu 85 90 95 Pro His Met His Thr Ser Pro His Ser Pro Thr Tyr Asn His Leu Ser 100 105 110 His Ile Pro Leu Asn Gln Pro Pro His His His Arg Leu Asp Ser Ser 115 120 125 Ser Pro Thr His Pro Pro Leu His Ile His Lys Gln Ile Asn His Thr 130 135 140 Ser Ala Pro His Asn Thr His Thr Arg Ser Thr Leu Thr Pro Pro Pro 145 150 155 160 Pro Thr Leu His Ser His Ser Ser His Ser Pro Leu Thr Thr Pro His 165 170 175 His His Leu Leu Ser Pro Leu Pro Pro 180 185 122 36 PRT Homo sapien 122 Met Arg Asp Ser Asn Leu Asp Pro Gly Thr Ser Lys Tyr Val Ser His 1 5 10 15 Val Ser Leu Trp Trp Val Pro Pro Ser Leu Asn Gly Gly Cys Cys Leu 20 25 30 Gln Val Asn Asn 35 123 76 PRT Homo sapien 123 Met Gln Gly Leu Leu Ile Pro Val Ser Cys Ser Ile Thr Val Thr Leu 1 5 10 15 Cys Pro Phe Phe Pro Pro His Asn Phe Tyr Phe His Asn Phe Leu Phe 20 25 30 Val Ser Ile Leu Phe Leu Lys Ser Leu Ser Phe Ser Ile Gly Leu Phe 35 40 45 Leu Ser Val Ser Asn Cys Val Ser Leu Leu Ser Val Cys Leu Cys Ile 50 55 60 Ser Leu Pro Ile Ser Ala Tyr Leu Phe Phe Ser Phe 65 70 75 124 23 PRT Homo sapien 124 Met Arg Leu Ala Pro Trp Tyr His Leu Leu Pro Glu Ile Phe Pro Phe 1 5 10 15 Ser Thr Arg Ala Lys Val Leu 20 125 70 PRT Homo sapien 125 Met Ala Met Val Ala Met Gln Pro Val Asn Leu His Ala Ile Phe Trp 1 5 10 15 Glu Gly Leu Arg Val Gly Gly Ile Ala Leu Thr Ala Ala Gly Trp Lys 20 25 30 Val Ala Ser Glu Val Lys Glu Thr Gln Ala Ile Gln Val Arg Gly Gln 35 40 45 Glu Gln Asp Ser Ile Ser Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys Glu Glu Pro 50 55 60 Val Pro Arg Pro Arg Pro 65 70 126 104 PRT Homo sapien 126 Met His Phe Lys Gly Gln Gly Ala Gly Gly Leu Thr Pro Val Ile Pro 1 5 10 15 Ser Thr Leu Gly Arg Ala Glu Ala Gly Gln Ile Thr Arg Ser Gly Asp 20 25 30 Leu Arg Pro Phe Leu Gly Leu Thr Arg Val Lys Pro Leu Ser Leu Leu 35 40 45 Lys Ile Gln Lys Lys Lys Phe Ser Arg Gly Val Val Gly Gly Ala Pro 50 55 60 Cys Leu Ser Gln Ala Tyr Ser Arg Gly Leu Arg Ala Gly Asp Trp Ala 65 70 75 80 Asp Pro Gly Gly Arg Asp Ala Leu Leu Leu Ser Gly Asp Ser Arg Leu 85 90 95 Gly Phe Gln Ala Trp Ala Arg Trp 100 127 23 PRT Homo sapien 127 Met His Val Glu Arg Pro Gln Phe Val Met Asp Pro Thr Leu Gln His 1 5 10 15 Tyr Leu Phe Tyr Phe Ser Tyr 20 128 17 PRT Homo sapien 128 Met Pro Leu Asp Phe Ser Pro Gly Asp Pro Ser Trp Thr Ser Asp Pro 1 5 10 15 Gln 129 16 PRT Homo sapien 129 Met Gly Ser Ile Val Asn Phe Thr Lys Lys Ala Lys Leu Cys Lys Tyr 1 5 10 15 130 19 PRT Homo sapien 130 Met Ile Lys Thr Ser Lys Ala Asn Gly Asn Glu Asn Lys Asn Arg Gln 1 5 10 15 Ile Glu Thr 131 61 PRT Homo sapien 131 Met Glu Gly Arg Ala Leu Leu Glu Ser Leu Leu Ala Leu Ser Cys Val 1 5 10 15 Gly Ala Gln Val Pro Leu Ser His Pro Pro Arg Gly Asp Leu Gly Ser 20 25 30 Gln Pro Pro Ile Ile Pro Pro Pro Trp Gly Glu Ser Leu Ala His Pro 35 40 45 Gln Ala Phe Lys Lys Cys Pro Leu Ile Gln Arg Lys Lys 50 55 60 132 29 PRT Homo sapien 132 Met Pro Ser Gly Gly Ile Cys Asp Gly Leu Val Ala Ala Arg Tyr Tyr 1 5 10 15 Thr Leu Leu Val Thr Ile Val Leu Tyr Asn Ser Lys Phe 20 25 133 32 PRT Homo sapien 133 Met Trp Gln Asn Pro Val Ser Thr Lys Ile Gln Ile Leu Leu Gly Leu 1 5 10 15 Trp Ala Ala Leu Val Ser Gln Leu Leu Arg Gly Trp Glu Glu Ile Ala 20 25 30 134 39 PRT Homo sapien 134 Met His Ala Glu Arg Arg Ser Val Met Asp Gly Arg Pro Gly Arg Tyr 1 5 10 15 Trp Asp Tyr Arg His Glu Ser Arg Cys Leu Ala Phe Ser Gln Ile Phe 20 25 30 Lys Ser Arg Val His Gly Ser 35 135 94 PRT Homo sapien 135 Gln Ser Leu Thr Leu Ser Pro Arg Leu Glu Cys Ser Gly Thr Val Ser 1 5 10 15 Ala His Cys Asn Leu His Leu Leu Gly Ser Ser Asp Ser Pro Ala Ser 20 25 30 Val Ser Ala Val Ala Gly Thr Thr Gly Val Arg His His Ala Trp Leu 35 40 45 Ile Phe Ile Phe Leu Val Glu Thr Val Phe Cys His Val Gly Gln Ala 50 55 60 Gly Leu Lys Leu Leu Thr Ser Gly Asp Pro Pro Thr Ser Ala Ser Ala 65 70 75 80 Ser Thr Gly Ile Thr Gly Met Ser His Cys Ala Trp Pro Ser 85 90 136 55 PRT Homo sapien 136 Met Cys Met Ser Ala Asn Leu Gly Tyr Pro Gly Ala Ala Thr Gly Ala 1 5 10 15 Arg Tyr Arg Thr Val His Lys Asn Leu Ser Val Pro Ala Leu Lys Lys 20 25 30 Pro Thr Cys Pro Pro Val Asn Leu Pro Gly Thr Val Leu Gly Cys Glu 35 40 45 Gly Met Glu Thr Thr Lys Ala 50 55 137 76 PRT Homo sapien 137 Met His Met Cys Lys Lys Asn Ser Thr His Leu Lys Asn Lys Asn Asn 1 5 10 15 Lys Gln Lys Glu Lys Lys Arg Ala Leu Trp Gly Cys Thr Pro Val Gly 20 25 30 Gln Lys Arg Val Cys Pro Pro Trp Cys Val Ser Asn Phe Val Phe Ser 35 40 45 Pro Arg Pro Pro Ile Phe Pro Pro Lys Ile Ile Arg Glu Lys His Lys 50 55 60 Gly Gly Trp Thr Leu Ala His His Thr Leu Ile Ala 65 70 75 138 69 PRT Homo sapien 138 Met Val Thr Leu Glu Arg His Thr Gly Gln Asp Val Leu Val Ala Phe 1 5 10 15 Pro Gln Asp Pro Trp Ser Ser His Val Ala Ser Asn Leu Trp Asp His 20 25 30 His His His Leu Ser Ser Arg Ser Leu Lys Ser His Ala His Leu Ser 35 40 45 Phe Arg Gln Ser Ser Phe Cys Glu Val Cys Ile Ser Ser Leu Thr Thr 50 55 60 Leu Cys Arg Ser Phe 65 139 39 PRT Homo sapien 139 Met Arg Asp Gly Lys Arg Glu Thr Ala Lys Arg Gly Glu Arg Val Ser 1 5 10 15 Glu Phe Gly Lys Gly Leu Lys Ala Gln Ala Gly Cys Leu Lys Pro Phe 20 25 30 Lys Pro Pro Val Leu Ser Pro 35 140 332 PRT Homo sapien 140 Met Thr Thr Ser Leu Asp Thr Val Glu Thr Phe Gly Thr Thr Ser Tyr 1 5 10 15 Tyr Asp Asp Val Gly Leu Leu Cys Glu Lys Ala Asp Thr Arg Ala Leu 20 25 30 Met Ala Gln Phe Val Pro Pro Leu Tyr Ser Leu Val Phe Thr Val Gly 35 40 45 Leu Leu Gly Asn Val Val Val Val Met Ile Leu Ile Lys Tyr Arg Arg 50 55 60 Leu Arg Ile Met Thr Asn Ile Tyr Leu Leu Asn Leu Ala Ile Ser Asp 65 70 75 80 Leu Leu Phe Leu Val Thr Leu Pro Phe Trp Ile His Tyr Val Arg Gly 85 90 95 His Asn Trp Val Phe Gly His Gly Met Cys Lys Leu Leu Ser Gly Phe 100 105 110 Tyr His Thr Gly Leu Tyr Ser Glu Ile Phe Phe Ile Ile Leu Leu Thr 115 120 125 Ile Asp Arg Tyr Leu Ala Ile Val His Ala Val Phe Ala Leu Arg Ala 130 135 140 Arg Thr Val Thr Phe Gly Val Ile Thr Ser Ile Val Thr Trp Gly Leu 145 150 155 160 Ala Val Leu Ala Ala Leu Pro Glu Phe Ile Phe Tyr Glu Thr Glu Glu 165 170 175 Leu Phe Glu Glu Thr Leu Cys Ser Ala Leu Tyr Pro Glu Asp Thr Val 180 185 190 Tyr Ser Trp Arg His Phe His Thr Leu Arg Met Thr Ile Phe Cys Leu 195 200 205 Val Leu Pro Leu Leu Val Met Ala Ile Cys Tyr Thr Gly Ile Ile Lys 210 215 220 Thr Leu Leu Arg Cys Pro Ser Lys Lys Lys Tyr Lys Ala Ile Arg Leu 225 230 235 240 Ile Phe Val Ile Met Ala Val Phe Phe Ile Phe Trp Thr Pro Tyr Asn 245 250 255 Val Ala Ile Leu Leu Ser Ser Tyr Gln Ser Ile Leu Phe Gly Asn Asp 260 265 270 Cys Glu Arg Ser Lys His Leu Asp Leu Val Met Leu Val Thr Glu Val 275 280 285 Ile Ala Tyr Ser His Cys Cys Met Asn Pro Val Ile Tyr Ala Phe Val 290 295 300 Gly Glu Arg Phe Arg Lys Tyr Leu Arg His Phe Phe His Arg His Leu 305 310 315 320 Leu Met His Leu Gly Arg Tyr Ile Pro Phe Leu Pro 325 330 141 57 PRT Homo sapien 141 Met Asp Ser Gln Ser Ser Ser Pro Ala Ser Ile Ser Asp Pro Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Ser Pro Pro Arg Cys Val Gln Pro Ser Gly Asn His Glu Leu Ser Cys 20 25 30 Pro Leu Gly Gln Met Leu Cys Gln Val Leu Val Leu Arg Ala Ser Pro 35 40 45 Leu Pro Gly His Gly Gly Ala Cys Leu 50 55 142 56 PRT Homo sapien 142 Met Ser Phe Lys Ser Leu Lys Phe Ser Leu His Leu Phe Phe Ser Leu 1 5 10 15 Val Thr Tyr Leu Trp Lys Gly Ser Gly Cys Leu Ser Tyr Ser Val Pro 20 25 30 His Cys Gln Asp Phe Glu Gly Tyr Ile Leu His Ser Ile Val Leu Arg 35 40 45 Leu Leu Leu Trp Phe Leu Phe Leu 50 55 143 77 PRT Homo sapien 143 Met Gln Cys Leu Arg Phe Thr Gln Val Ser Leu Leu Phe Leu Gly Pro 1 5 10 15 Thr Ile Pro Ser Ser Ile Thr Ile Thr Ile Pro Gln Gln Thr Pro Ile 20 25 30 Cys Tyr Pro Val Met Thr Ala Asp Pro His Asp Pro Ser Pro Cys Val 35 40 45 Arg Gly Pro Thr Ser Ser Ile Leu Ser Ile Leu Gly Ser Asn Phe Asn 50 55 60 Met Ile Leu Lys Gly Gln Tyr Ser Thr Ile Leu Thr Tyr 65 70 75 144 53 PRT Homo sapien 144 Met Thr Ala Met Gly Thr Trp Leu Arg Trp Pro His Ser Thr Glu Ser 1 5 10 15 Gln Gly Leu Gln Ser Gln Lys Gln Gln Gly Gln Phe Gln Ile Pro Ala 20 25 30 Pro Leu Phe Thr Val Cys Val Thr Leu Ser Lys Thr Leu Pro Pro Asn 35 40 45 Leu Phe Ser Tyr Leu 50 145 130 PRT Homo sapien 145 Met Ser Phe Ser Phe Cys Leu Phe Leu Phe Cys Met Gly Cys Leu Val 1 5 10 15 Leu Phe Ala Phe Ser Leu Phe Cys Ser Val Phe Cys Arg Leu Ala Ser 20 25 30 Ser Cys Ala Arg Phe Arg Phe Arg Ala Phe Leu Trp Arg Phe Val Ser 35 40 45 Arg Ser Ala Leu Gly Arg Leu Arg Leu Cys Ser Cys Ser Gly Ser Phe 50 55 60 Val Phe Leu Cys Phe Arg Val Ala Arg Ser Phe Ser Gly Pro Leu Cys 65 70 75 80 Cys Ser Val Cys Ser Leu Ala Leu Val Val Ala Val Gly Val Leu Phe 85 90 95 Val Ser Leu Arg Val Pro Cys Leu Cys Ala Ser Pro Val Ser Leu Leu 100 105 110 Val Phe Arg Ser Ala Val Val Arg Ala Met Val Trp Gly Asn Cys Gly 115 120 125 Ala Glu 130 146 120 PRT Homo sapien 146 Met Glu Met Ser Pro Asn Ile Ser Pro Asn Arg Ala Pro Asn Glu Lys 1 5 10 15 Gly Gly Gln Lys Asn Gly Ser Pro Lys Ala Ala Thr Arg Leu Ala Pro 20 25 30 Gly Gln Ile Ala Ile Asn Asn His Leu Lys Val Ala Gln Ala Trp Trp 35 40 45 Leu Pro Pro Arg Lys Ser Gln His Phe Gly Glu Ala Glu Asp Arg Trp 50 55 60 Ile Ile Ser Arg Val Thr Glu Cys Arg Asp His Ala Trp Pro His Asn 65 70 75 80 Gly Glu Asn Pro Thr Leu Tyr Leu Glu Asn Thr Gln Lys Leu Ala Arg 85 90 95 Ala Val Asn Gly Gly Leu Pro Val Asn Pro Ser Val Leu Pro Arg Gly 100 105 110 Leu Arg Gln Arg Lys Lys Leu Leu 115 120 147 49 PRT Homo sapien 147 Met Gly Gly Ser Gly Ser Ser Thr Pro Leu Phe Pro Cys Gln Leu Phe 1 5 10 15 Gly Ala Thr His Ser Ser His Cys Pro Val Asn Gln Pro His Ser Leu 20 25 30 Val Cys Trp Val Arg Arg Ser Gln Leu Glu Asp Gln Gly Leu His Tyr 35 40 45 Cys 148 95 PRT Homo sapien 148 Met Cys Pro Ser Asp Tyr Pro Pro Pro Ala Val Cys Leu Phe Leu Leu 1 5 10 15 Phe Leu Leu Trp Phe Pro Val Phe Phe Arg Val Leu Ile Pro Phe Lys 20 25 30 Trp Lys Ser Trp Val Lys Trp Gly His Pro Pro Ala Pro Pro Arg Ala 35 40 45 Pro Leu Pro Gln Ile Cys Pro Gln Pro Leu Gly Thr Tyr Gly Gly His 50 55 60 Gly Gln Pro Cys Gly Ser Gln Pro Leu Pro Glu Gly Ser Ile Cys Ser 65 70 75 80 Gly Leu Gly Glu Ala Phe Lys Ser Val Asn Leu Gln Met Leu Val 85 90 95 149 60 PRT Homo sapien 149 Met Gly Thr Ala Lys Ser Tyr Lys Gly His Trp Arg Pro Gly Cys Trp 1 5 10 15 Trp Leu Met Pro Val Ile His Asn Gln His Pro Leu Gly Glu Gly Ala 20 25 30 Pro Asn Gly Arg Cys Ala Leu Arg Ile Pro Asn Pro Leu Met Val Gln 35 40 45 Glu Thr Phe Asn Glu Leu Cys Leu Gly Gln His Gly 50 55 60 150 68 PRT Homo sapien 150 Met Thr Thr Val Arg Gly Arg Gly Arg Ala Pro Pro Gly Ser Cys His 1 5 10 15 Leu Ser Pro Val Arg Gly Gln Arg Val Lys Asp Leu Leu Gly Trp Arg 20 25 30 Pro Glu Cys His Pro Glu Pro Glu Lys Phe Pro Tyr Leu Asn Glu Pro 35 40 45 Phe Gly Phe Glu Glu Arg Ser Leu Leu Thr Pro Arg Thr Gly Leu Arg 50 55 60 Arg Leu Phe Leu 65 151 61 PRT Homo sapien 151 Met Thr His Met Gly Thr Gly His Leu Met Leu Leu Glu Arg Arg Ser 1 5 10 15 Val Met Asp Trp Ser Arg Arg Gly Thr Ile Thr Gly Ser Leu Lys Pro 20 25 30 Gln Phe Leu Ser Ser Arg Glu Pro Pro Cys Leu Ser Leu Tyr His Gln 35 40 45 Ser Arg Leu Leu Gly Tyr Gly Leu Arg Val Leu Arg Leu 50 55 60 152 36 PRT Homo sapien 152 Met Glu Gln Val Asn Gly Lys Leu Asp Glu Leu Met Arg Val Lys Thr 1 5 10 15 Val Glu Val Arg Asn Ser Lys Arg Arg Thr Lys Ser Ile Ala Asp Lys 20 25 30 Lys Gln Asn Glu 35 153 80 PRT Homo sapien 153 Met Gly Phe His Arg Val Ser Gln Asp Gly Leu Asp Leu Arg Pro Arg 1 5 10 15 Asp Pro Pro Ala Leu Ala Ser Gln Ser Ala Gly Ile Thr Gly Val Ser 20 25 30 His Arg Ala Arg Pro Ile Leu Leu Leu Leu Phe Leu Arg Gln Asp Leu 35 40 45 Thr Met Phe Pro Arg Leu Glu Cys Ser Gly Met Ile Leu Ala Thr Ala 50 55 60 Ile Cys Thr Ser Trp Ala Gln Val Ile Leu Pro Ala Gln Pro Pro Glu 65 70 75 80 154 109 PRT Homo sapien 154 Phe Phe Phe Phe Leu Gly Trp Ser Leu Ala Val Leu Pro Arg Leu Glu 1 5 10 15 Cys Ser Gly Ala Ile Ser Ala His Cys Lys Leu His Leu Arg Gly Ser 20 25 30 Arg His Ser Pro Ala Ser Ala Ser Leu Val Ala Gly Thr Thr Gly Ala 35 40 45 His His His Thr Gly Leu Ile Phe Val Phe Leu Val Glu Met Gly Phe 50 55 60 His Arg Val Ser Gln Asp Gly Leu Asp Leu Arg Pro Arg Asp Pro Pro 65 70 75 80 Ala Leu Ala Ser Gln Ser Ala Gly Ile Thr Gly Val Ser His Arg Ala 85 90 95 Arg Pro Ile Leu Leu Leu Leu Phe Leu Arg Gln Asp Leu 100 105 155 87 PRT Homo sapien 155 Met Arg Pro Gly Ala Arg Gly Trp Pro Ser Ala Pro Val Val Ile Ser 1 5 10 15 Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Glu Arg Pro Arg Gly Arg Gly Gly Thr Pro Arg 20 25 30 Arg Val Ser Gly Glu Asn Trp Glu Asn His Leu Arg Val Ala Ile Thr 35 40 45 Thr Gly Val Lys Thr Leu Cys Val Pro Ile Leu Lys Lys Leu Pro Lys 50 55 60 Lys Asn Lys Phe Arg Pro Gly Ala Val Trp Gly Ala Gly Ala Pro Val 65 70 75 80 Phe Cys Ser Pro Glu Leu Thr 85 156 79 PRT Homo sapien 156 Met Gly Phe Ser Pro Ile Phe Phe Phe Pro Pro Cys Phe Phe Leu Phe 1 5 10 15 Ser Phe Leu Phe Phe Cys Val Glu Asn Ser Trp Gly Asp Leu Ser Pro 20 25 30 Leu Arg Ala Leu Phe Phe Ser Arg Leu Phe Val Thr Ser Pro Val Phe 35 40 45 Cys Ala Phe Ser Tyr Phe Leu Arg Ser Phe Ile Leu Thr Leu Val Phe 50 55 60 Ser Leu Leu Phe Ile Phe Ser His Met Val Val Phe Leu Leu Leu 65 70 75 157 146 PRT Homo sapien 157 Met Arg Cys Leu Arg Pro Cys His Ala Thr Cys Ser Val Cys Pro Ala 1 5 10 15 Val Ser Pro Leu Phe Cys Ser Cys Leu Cys Arg Leu Ser Leu Ala Pro 20 25 30 Pro Ile Leu Ser Trp Ser Ala Leu Pro Pro Ala Pro Ala Cys Leu Leu 35 40 45 Phe Ser Arg Gly Pro Pro Ser Gly Ser His Ala Pro Ala Leu Pro Phe 50 55 60 Cys Val Phe Val Ser Leu Cys Phe Phe Ser Phe Leu Ser Pro Leu Phe 65 70 75 80 Ser Pro Ser Ala Leu Val Cys Val Ala Leu Val Leu Ala Leu Ser Leu 85 90 95 Ala Leu Gly Ala Ala Arg Ala Pro Pro Cys Pro Gly Pro Asp Gly Leu 100 105 110 Ala Arg Val Val Val Pro Gly Val Ala Gly Gly Ala Trp Val Val Phe 115 120 125 Ser Ala Trp Leu Pro Val Trp Phe Val Val Gly Lys Leu Gly Gly Ala 130 135 140 Gly Glu 145 158 33 PRT Homo sapien 158 Met Lys Glu Asp Ser His Gly Thr Leu Gly Gln Ala Arg Asn Pro Thr 1 5 10 15 Gln Leu Trp Glu Ala Glu Ala Lys Val Glu Ser Pro Arg Gly His Gly 20 25 30 Val 159 70 PRT Homo sapien 159 Phe Phe Phe Phe Leu Glu Met Glu Ser Cys Ser Val Ala Glu Ala Gly 1 5 10 15 Val His Ala Ser Leu Leu Thr Glu Pro Pro Pro Ala Gly Ser Ser Asn 20 25 30 Ser Pro Thr Ser Ala Ser Arg Val Ala Gly Ile Thr Gly Ala Cys His 35 40 45 His Ala Gly Leu Ile Leu Val Tyr Ala Ala Arg Gly Gly Phe His Leu 50 55 60 Glu Thr Gly Ser His Met 65 70 160 84 PRT Homo sapien 160 Met Val Ser Pro Pro Pro Phe Phe Phe Phe Phe Phe Phe Leu Tyr Val 1 5 10 15 Phe Phe Trp Arg Gln Ser Phe Ala Leu Val Ile Gln Val Gly Val Gln 20 25 30 Trp His Asn Phe Gly Ser Leu Gln Pro Pro Pro Pro Arg Phe Lys Gln 35 40 45 Phe Ser Cys Leu Ser Leu Leu Ser Ser Trp Asp Tyr Arg His Thr Pro 50 55 60 Pro His Pro Ala Asn Phe Cys Ile Phe Ser Arg Asp Gly Val Ser Pro 65 70 75 80 Cys Trp Pro Asp 161 116 PRT Homo sapien 161 Pro Phe Val Pro Met Val Ser Pro Pro Pro Phe Phe Phe Phe Phe Phe 1 5 10 15 Phe Leu Tyr Val Phe Phe Trp Arg Gln Ser Phe Ala Leu Val Ile Gln 20 25 30 Val Gly Val Gln Trp His Asn Phe Gly Ser Leu Gln Pro Pro Pro Pro 35 40 45 Arg Phe Lys Gln Phe Ser Cys Leu Ser Leu Leu Ser Ser Trp Asp Tyr 50 55 60 Arg His Thr Pro Pro His Pro Ala Ile Phe Val Phe Leu Val Glu Thr 65 70 75 80 Gly Phe His His Val Gly Gln Thr Ser Leu Thr Pro Thr Gln Val Thr 85 90 95 Cys Ser Pro Met Leu Cys Gly Asp Cys Glu Ala Asp Asn Asn Ile Ala 100 105 110 His Arg Gln Gln 115 162 56 PRT Homo sapien 162 Met Trp Gly Gly Val Thr Arg Trp Trp Glu Thr Thr Trp Asp Asn Asp 1 5 10 15 Cys Val Arg Gly Val Glu Met Gly Leu Pro Ala His Lys Leu His His 20 25 30 Lys Ile Ile Arg Arg Lys Gly Val Ser Thr Gln Asn Asp Thr Glu Pro 35 40 45 Pro Arg Thr Ser Arg Glu Asp Met 50 55 163 73 PRT Homo sapien 163 Met Ala Trp Leu Gly Leu Arg Gly Leu Thr Phe Leu Pro Ser Tyr Ile 1 5 10 15 Asn Lys Lys Asn Lys Thr Asn Ser Val Glu Val Leu Gly Trp Gln Asn 20 25 30 Phe Trp Gly Val Ile Trp Arg Glu Asn Gly Arg Cys Phe Ser Gly Leu 35 40 45 Leu Arg Ala Gly Leu Gly Ala Ala Trp Glu Pro Ser Thr Val Arg Val 50 55 60 Thr Arg Ser Ser Ala Ser Val Met Val 65 70 164 72 PRT Homo sapien 164 Asp Tyr Ala Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Leu Ser Asn Gln Thr Ser Ala Val 1 5 10 15 Val Pro Ile Leu Arg Pro Phe Ile Pro Val Phe Leu Leu Leu Leu Phe 20 25 30 His Leu Val Phe Gln Phe Ile Gln Asn Arg Ile Gln Ala Ile Thr Asn 35 40 45 His Ser Ile Ala Gln Met Phe Leu Leu Thr Ser Pro Gln Ser His Pro 50 55 60 Leu Pro Gln Asp Leu Pro Ser Ala 65 70 165 66 PRT Homo sapien 165 Met Trp Met Leu Arg Phe Val His Leu Arg Trp Arg Leu Ser Ser Met 1 5 10 15 Val Pro Pro Ser Ser Glu Leu Gln Pro Arg Met Glu Lys Ser Ser Ala 20 25 30 Thr Val Gln Pro Tyr Gly Asn Ala Ser Ala His Ser Asp Leu Ala Ser 35 40 45 Val Pro Ala Asn Arg Leu Val His Arg Ile Arg Pro Gly Ser Pro Gly 50 55 60 Tyr Leu 65 166 126 PRT Homo sapien 166 Met Leu Tyr Asp Gly Val Ile Ser Leu His His Ile Ala Leu Thr Val 1 5 10 15 Thr Cys Ile Arg Ile His Gly Lys Ile Glu Asp Asn Leu Gln Gly Ala 20 25 30 Ser Thr Ala Gln Leu Trp Cys Arg Arg Gly Asn His Ile Asn Gly Asp 35 40 45 Ser Asn Asn Arg Ile Ile Pro Arg Arg Pro Pro Thr Leu Ile Tyr Thr 50 55 60 Cys His Cys His Arg Ser Lys Ser Glu Asp Ser His Ile Gly Leu Gly 65 70 75 80 His Ala Phe Gly Val Ala Pro Tyr Phe Arg Gly Tyr Ile Thr Met Met 85 90 95 Trp Val Asp Thr Leu Lys Phe Ala Ala Leu Thr Arg His Leu Leu Leu 100 105 110 Phe Arg Pro Leu Arg Arg Thr Phe Ile Lys Asn Pro Tyr Ile 115 120 125 167 69 PRT Homo sapien 167 Met Ser Gln Glu Lys Asp Phe His Lys Val Met Ser Ser Leu Lys Ala 1 5 10 15 Arg Thr Gly His Leu His Phe Phe Cys Gly Gly Arg Ser Ser Val Lys 20 25 30 Val Gly Gln Ser Ile Phe Thr Ser Ser Val Ile Leu Gln Leu Leu Gln 35 40 45 Ala Ile Trp Ala Tyr Thr Cys Lys Ser Gln Gly Met Arg Trp Leu Gly 50 55 60 Leu Gly Ser Glu Ala 65 168 469 PRT Homo sapien 168 Arg Ser Ser Lys Thr Ser Pro Asp Ile Ser His Gln Gln Ala Ala Ala 1 5 10 15 Leu Leu His Thr Tyr Leu Lys Asn Leu Ser Pro Cys Ile Asn Ser Thr 20 25 30 Pro Pro Ile Phe Gly Pro Leu Thr Thr Gln Thr Thr Ile Pro Val Ala 35 40 45 Ala Pro Leu Cys Ile Ser Arg Gln Arg Pro Thr Gly Ile Pro Leu Gly 50 55 60 Asn Leu Ser Pro Ser Arg Cys Ser Phe Thr Leu His Leu Arg Ser Pro 65 70 75 80 Thr Thr His Ile Thr Glu Thr Ile Gly Ala Phe Gln Leu His Ile Thr 85 90 95 Asp Lys Pro Ser Ile Asn Thr Asp Lys Leu Lys Asn Ile Ser Ser Asn 100 105 110 Tyr Cys Leu Gly Arg His Leu Pro Ser Ile Ser Leu His Pro Trp Leu 115 120 125 Pro Ser Pro Cys Ser Ser Asp Ser Pro Pro Arg Pro Ser Ser Arg Leu 130 135 140 Leu Ile Pro Ser Pro Lys Asn Asn Ser Glu Arg Leu Leu Val Asp Thr 145 150 155 160 Gln Arg Phe Leu Ile His His Glu Asn Arg Thr Ser Pro Ser Thr Gln 165 170 175 Leu Pro His Gln Ser Pro Leu Gln Pro Leu Thr Ala Ala Ser Leu Ala 180 185 190 Gly Ser Leu Gly Ile Trp Val Gln Asp Thr Pro Phe Ser Thr Pro His 195 200 205 Leu Phe Thr Leu His Leu Gln Phe Cys Leu Thr Gln Gly Leu Phe Phe 210 215 220 Leu Cys Gly Ser Ser Thr Tyr Met Cys Leu Pro Ala Asn Trp Thr Gly 225 230 235 240 Thr Cys Thr Leu Val Phe Leu Thr Pro Lys Ile Gln Phe Ala Asn Gly 245 250 255 Thr Glu Glu Leu Pro Val Pro Leu Met Thr Pro Thr Arg Gln Lys Arg 260 265 270 Val Ile Pro Leu Ile Pro Leu Met Val Gly Leu Gly Leu Ser Ala Ser 275 280 285 Thr Ile Ala Leu Gly Thr Gly Ile Ala Gly Ile Ser Thr Ser Val Thr 290 295 300 Thr Phe Arg Ser Leu Ser Asn Asp Phe Ser Ala Ser Ile Thr Asp Ile 305 310 315 320 Ser Gln Thr Leu Ser Val Leu Gln Ala Gln Val Asp Ser Leu Ala Ala 325 330 335 Val Val Leu Gln Asn Arg Arg Gly Leu Asp Leu Leu Thr Ala Glu Lys 340 345 350 Gly Gly Leu Cys Ile Phe Leu Asn Glu Glu Cys Cys Phe Tyr Leu Asn 355 360 365 Gln Ser Gly Leu Val Tyr Asp Asn Ile Lys Lys Leu Lys Asp Arg Ala 370 375 380 Gln Lys Leu Ala Asn Gln Ala Ser Asn Tyr Ala Glu Pro Pro Trp Ala 385 390 395 400 Leu Ser Asn Arg Met Ser Trp Val Leu Pro Ile Leu Ser Pro Leu Ile 405 410 415 Pro Ile Phe Leu Leu Leu Leu Phe Ala Pro Cys Ile Phe Cys Leu Val 420 425 430 Ser Gln Phe Ile Gln Asn Arg Ile Gln Ala Ile Thr Asn His Ser Ile 435 440 445 Ala Gln Met Phe Leu Leu Thr Thr Pro Gln Tyr His Pro Leu Pro Gln 450 455 460 Asp Leu Pro Ser Ala 465 169 243 PRT Homo sapien 169 Met Thr Gly Arg Asn Asn Pro Ala Thr Ser Tyr Thr Asp Ala Gln His 1 5 10 15 Pro Gln Thr His Gln Lys His Thr Asn Gly Arg Thr Thr Arg Ala His 20 25 30 Lys Gln Ala Ala Gln Gln Ala Arg Ser Gln Gln Thr Arg Gln Ala Gln 35 40 45 Glu Gln Pro Thr Lys Glu Thr Asp Asn Thr Thr Glu Arg Arg Arg Gln 50 55 60 Arg Asn Ala Glu Gln Lys Asn Ala Gln Glu Ser Gln Gln Lys Gln Lys 65 70 75 80 His Pro Lys Gly Thr Glu Arg Lys Ala Glu Arg Asn Glu Thr Lys Glu 85 90 95 Glu Arg Arg Gln Glu Glu Lys Gln His Thr Asn Ala Asp Lys Glu Arg 100 105 110 Glu Arg Lys Thr Gln Thr Ser Arg Glu Thr Lys Thr Gly Asp Arg Gly 115 120 125 Glu Glu Thr Arg Thr Ala Lys Arg Gln Lys Lys Glu Thr Lys Lys Gln 130 135 140 Thr Thr Ala Arg Glu Asp Glu Lys Thr Asn Arg Arg Arg Arg Gln Glu 145 150 155 160 Glu Thr Lys Thr Thr Lys Lys Arg Thr Ala Glu Asn Asn Ala Glu Arg 165 170 175 Arg Lys Lys Lys Lys Arg Asp Gly Gln Gln Glu Thr Glu Arg Arg Asn 180 185 190 Lys Asp Lys Arg Glu Glu Gln Asn Lys Arg Asp Lys Leu Arg Pro Thr 195 200 205 Ser Glu Glu Arg His Lys Gln Glu Gln Gln Arg Ala Thr Gly Thr Arg 210 215 220 Arg Ala Ala Ser Ser Gln Gly Asp Lys Arg Arg Glu Gln Arg His Asp 225 230 235 240 Glu Lys Glu 170 52 PRT Homo sapien 170 Met Cys His Thr Pro Gly Ser Pro Arg Phe Phe Pro Leu Val Arg Leu 1 5 10 15 Leu Pro Arg Cys Val Ile Phe Val Pro Cys Leu Phe Phe Leu Phe Ser 20 25 30 Pro Phe Leu Ser Glu Cys Val Asn Gly Asn Glu Ser Ser Lys Asn Ser 35 40 45 Ile Gly Gln Arg 50 171 167 PRT Homo sapien 171 Met Glu Val Thr Gly Val Ser Ala Pro Thr Val Thr Val Phe Ile Ser 1 5 10 15 Ser Ser Leu Asn Thr Phe Arg Ser Glu Lys Arg Tyr Ser Arg Ser Leu 20 25 30 Thr Ile Ala Glu Phe Lys Cys Lys Leu Glu Leu Leu Val Gly Ser Pro 35 40 45 Ala Ser Cys Met Glu Leu Glu Leu Tyr Gly Val Asp Asp Lys Phe Tyr 50 55 60 Ser Lys Leu Asp Gln Glu Asp Ala Leu Leu Gly Ser Tyr Pro Val Asp 65 70 75 80 Asp Gly Cys Arg Ile His Val Ile Asp His Ser Gly Ala Arg Leu Gly 85 90 95 Glu Tyr Glu Asp Val Ser Arg Val Glu Lys Tyr Thr Ile Ser Gln Glu 100 105 110 Ala Tyr Asp Gln Arg Gln Asp Thr Val Arg Ser Phe Leu Lys Arg Ser 115 120 125 Lys Leu Gly Arg Tyr Asn Glu Glu Glu Arg Ala Gln Gln Glu Ala Glu 130 135 140 Ala Ala Gln Arg Leu Ala Glu Glu Lys Ala Gln Ala Ser Ser Ile Pro 145 150 155 160 Val Gly Ser Arg Cys Glu Val 165 172 100 PRT Homo sapien 172 Met Cys Trp Ser Val Ser Ser Arg Gly Pro Arg Val Pro Ser Ala Pro 1 5 10 15 Thr Pro Ser Gly Pro Ala Leu Leu Pro Trp Asp Pro Thr Pro Pro Pro 20 25 30 Gly Asp Lys Lys Gly Gly Val Ala Pro Val Lys Lys Gly Gln Thr Pro 35 40 45 Pro Pro Asn Asn Ala Gly Pro Glu Lys Asn Asn Gln Arg Thr Ser Val 50 55 60 Phe Pro Leu Thr Cys Ser Lys Lys Asn Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys 65 70 75 80 Lys Lys Lys Lys Glu Pro Trp Gly Glu Asn His Gly Gly Thr Lys Gly 85 90 95 Leu Thr Arg Gly 100 173 358 PRT Homo sapien 173 Met Pro Tyr His Ile Thr Ala Trp Ile Gln Gly Ser Thr Arg Arg Lys 1 5 10 15 His His Cys Gly Asp Thr Tyr Tyr Gly Thr Leu Gly Gly Ser Gln Glu 20 25 30 Thr Ser Lys Asn Asn Thr His Arg Ala Lys Lys Glu Gln Glu Asp Asn 35 40 45 Lys Lys Asp Gly Glu Ser Glu Gly Glu Tyr Thr His Lys Asp Gly Ala 50 55 60 Gln Gln Lys Glu Ala Glu Val His Thr Arg Gln Trp Val Tyr Thr Lys 65 70 75 80 Thr Gly Asp Arg Arg Ser Glu Ala Thr Gln Gln Arg Asn Gln His Thr 85 90 95 Asn Lys Lys Lys Pro His Pro Arg Arg Arg Arg Glu Arg Gly Gly Thr 100 105 110 Gly Lys Thr Ala Gly Glu Gly Glu Glu Lys Lys Glu Arg Arg Gly Ala 115 120 125 Ala Gln Lys Glu Arg Asp Glu Arg Thr Arg Arg Glu Arg Arg Glu Ala 130 135 140 Glu Lys Lys Arg Asp Gln Gly Glu Arg Arg Ala Gln Ala Thr Gly Gln 145 150 155 160 Ser Gly Arg Asn Thr Arg Gly Gly Glu Arg Glu Ser Glu Thr Arg Gln 165 170 175 Arg Glu Lys Glu Gly Arg Glu Gly Arg Gly Gly His Gln Gly Glu Gly 180 185 190 Lys Glu Lys Arg Gln Arg Lys Arg Arg Lys His Glu Glu Gly Arg Arg 195 200 205 Arg Glu Arg Glu Gly His Glu Lys Thr Glu Arg Glu Arg Gly Glu Asp 210 215 220 Thr Asp Ala Lys Arg Lys Arg Arg Arg Ser Lys Gly Arg Arg Lys Ser 225 230 235 240 Lys Ser Arg Glu Arg Gln Thr Arg Glu Gly Thr Gln Asn His Arg Asp 245 250 255 Asp Arg Lys Ser Arg Asn Glu Gly Lys Arg Ala Gly Thr Ala Arg Gln 260 265 270 Arg His Lys Gln Asp Arg Lys Lys Arg Asn Glu Lys Arg Arg Asp Glu 275 280 285 Ala Ala Thr Gln Arg Arg His Arg Gln Arg Glu Glu Arg Arg Asp Glu 290 295 300 Gly Arg Arg Glu His Thr Lys Arg Gly Gln Arg Ser Lys Glu Arg Arg 305 310 315 320 Asn Thr Arg Lys Arg Arg Asp Arg Arg Pro Arg Asp Thr Lys Gln Asp 325 330 335 Asp Thr Glu Thr His Asp Gln Glu Arg Ala Gln Lys Glu Gln Thr Gln 340 345 350 Lys Arg His Glu Glu Thr 355 174 48 PRT Homo sapien 174 Met Leu Cys Gly Phe Glu Ala Ser Asn His Phe Thr His Ala Thr Gly 1 5 10 15 Tyr Glu His Trp Val Thr Gln Ala Val Phe Leu Pro Leu Met Arg Glu 20 25 30 Gly Ser Val Glu Ser Arg Leu Cys Val Val Pro Gly His Phe His Pro 35 40 45 175 64 PRT Homo sapien 175 Met Arg Asp Gly Lys Thr Gln Leu Ala Ala Arg His Gly Arg Thr His 1 5 10 15 Val Arg Arg Thr His Arg His Ala Pro Leu Pro Trp Asn Ser Arg Thr 20 25 30 Ala Tyr Pro Ser Cys His Leu Pro Ser Gln Gln Arg Phe Asn Arg Arg 35 40 45 Thr Ile Asp Ala Gly Gly Met Gln Gly Asn Val Phe Leu Met Leu Pro 50 55 60 176 64 PRT Homo sapien 176 Met Arg Ser Trp Thr Lys Asp Ile Tyr Ser Phe Ile Gln Tyr Ser Cys 1 5 10 15 Val Cys Val Leu Glu Thr Gly Phe Glu Arg Arg Met Val Arg Ser Ala 20 25 30 Val Arg Ser Arg Gly Arg Ser Gly Trp Thr Lys Thr Arg Thr Pro Asp 35 40 45 Leu Gly Ser Pro Ala Asp Leu Asp Arg Ile Leu Pro Asp Ser Val Pro 50 55 60 177 254 PRT Homo sapien 177 Met Arg Arg Glu Arg Pro Arg Asp Arg Arg Arg Arg Lys Gly Ala Gly 1 5 10 15 Thr Arg Glu Arg Glu Arg Glu Gly Glu Glu Glu Ala Gln Ala Ala Pro 20 25 30 Gly Gln Ala Glu Ser Gly Arg Gly Gly Lys Ser Asp Arg Glu Ala Arg 35 40 45 Ala His Lys Lys Ala Ser Asp Thr Arg Arg Asp Thr Ala Gln Ser Lys 50 55 60 Gly Glu Asp Pro Glu Arg Glu Gly Arg Arg Arg Glu Gly Asp Ala Asp 65 70 75 80 Pro Arg Thr Arg Gly Gln Ala Arg Arg His Gly Arg Gln Arg Glu Glu 85 90 95 Gly Gly Gly Lys Lys Arg Glu Arg Thr Arg Gly Pro Arg Ser Gly Asp 100 105 110 Glu Glu Arg Arg Ala Gln Ala Gln Arg Gln Ala Arg Arg Arg Gly Gly 115 120 125 Glu Arg Ala Ser Gly Arg Ala Arg Arg Ser Val Thr Lys Gly Gly Arg 130 135 140 Ser Arg Pro His Ser Arg Arg Ala Arg Arg Gln Glu Thr Glu Glu Arg 145 150 155 160 Glu Arg Gly Asp Arg Gly Arg Thr Arg Glu Lys Gly Arg Thr Arg Arg 165 170 175 Arg Asn Arg Ala Arg Gly Arg Arg Pro Pro Ser Thr Arg Gln Ala Gly 180 185 190 Thr Thr Arg Gln Thr Glu Arg Lys Gln Ala Arg Ala Arg Pro Asn Arg 195 200 205 Pro Thr Ser Glu Ala Arg Ala Lys Arg Gln Ala His Gln Asp Ala Asn 210 215 220 Gln Ala Ala Asp Glu Glu Gly Gln Asp His Lys Arg Arg Arg Pro Gly 225 230 235 240 Arg Glu Glu Arg Gly Gln Pro Glu Ala Ala His Thr Asn Ser 245 250 178 58 PRT Homo sapien 178 Met Val Cys Val Met Leu Pro Gln Pro His Ala Ser Arg Gly Cys Cys 1 5 10 15 Cys Ala Gln Asp Val Cys Gln Gly Ala Pro Glu Gly Val Leu Arg Pro 20 25 30 Leu Leu Thr Ile Gly Ala Arg Leu Glu Thr Ser Arg Gly Ala Leu Thr 35 40 45 Gly Pro Val Asn Gly Lys Arg Ser Leu Arg 50 55 179 170 PRT Homo sapien 179 Met Ser Glu Leu Thr His Ile Asn Cys Val Ala Leu Thr Ala Arg Phe 1 5 10 15 Pro Val Gly Lys Pro Val Val Pro Ala Ala Leu Met Asn Arg Pro Thr 20 25 30 Arg Gly Glu Arg Arg Phe Ala Tyr Trp Ala Leu Phe Arg Phe Leu Ala 35 40 45 His Ala Leu Ala Ala Leu Gly Arg Ser Ala Ala Ala Ser Gly Ile Ser 50 55 60 Ser Leu Lys Gly Gly Asn Thr Val Ile His Arg Ile Arg Gly Ala Arg 65 70 75 80 Arg Arg Glu His Val Ser Lys Arg Pro Ala Lys Gly Gln Glu Pro Ala 85 90 95 Lys Gly Arg Val Ala Gly Val Phe Pro His Asn Ile Arg Ala Tyr Glu 100 105 110 His Leu Pro Lys Ser Arg Pro Pro Arg Ala Arg Thr Ser Pro His Ser 115 120 125 Leu Asn His Arg Asn Asp Leu Phe Pro Phe Thr Gly Pro Val Arg Ala 130 135 140 Pro Arg Asp Val Ser Asn Leu Ala Pro Ile Val Asn Ser Gly Arg Ser 145 150 155 160 Thr Pro Ser Gly Ala Pro Ala His Thr Ser 165 170 180 111 PRT Homo sapien 180 Met Thr Leu Asn Glu His Ala Ala Phe Lys His Leu Phe Asn Lys Ala 1 5 10 15 His Leu Ala Leu Pro Leu Ile His Leu Thr Leu Ser Gly His Arg Thr 20 25 30 Cys Phe Arg Glu His Arg Val Gly Gly Lys Val Thr Asp Gln Gln Asp 35 40 45 Pro Lys Ala Glu Glu Phe Phe Leu Val Ala Asn Lys Met Lys Ser Leu 50 55 60 Pro Cys Leu Leu Leu Ser Thr Gln Thr Arg Gln Pro Ser Asp Phe Ser 65 70 75 80 Ile Phe Ser Pro Pro Phe Pro Pro Phe Tyr Ser Thr Lys Pro Pro Leu 85 90 95 Ser Ser Trp Pro Val Leu Asn Glu Leu Leu Gly Thr Cys Pro Arg 100 105 110 181 77 PRT Homo sapien 181 Met Gly Gly Asn Gln Phe Gln Pro Glu Pro Phe Gly Gln Val Thr Pro 1 5 10 15 Ala Phe Phe Phe Phe Phe Leu Gly Met Glu Ser Arg Cys Ile Pro Arg 20 25 30 Leu Glu Cys Ser Gly Ala Ile Ser Ala His Cys Lys Leu His Leu Pro 35 40 45 Gly Phe Thr Pro Phe Ser Cys Leu Arg Leu Pro Ser Ser Trp Asp Tyr 50 55 60 Arg Arg Pro Pro Pro His Arg Ala Asn Phe Leu Tyr Phe 65 70 75 182 75 PRT Homo sapien 182 Arg Pro Ser Ala Val Ala His Ala Cys Asn Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Gln Gly Gly Trp Ile Thr Arg Ser Gly Asp Gln Asp His Pro Gly Ala 20 25 30 His Gly Glu Thr Pro Ser Leu Leu Lys Ile Gln Lys Ile Ser Pro Val 35 40 45 Trp Trp Trp Ala Pro Val Val Pro Ala Thr Arg Glu Ala Glu Ala Gly 50 55 60 Glu Trp Arg Glu Pro Gly Arg Trp Ser Leu Gln 65 70 75 183 147 PRT Homo sapien 183 Met Lys Tyr Val Leu Val Tyr Phe His Ala Ala Asp Lys Asp Ile Pro 1 5 10 15 Glu Thr Gly Glu Lys Lys Arg Phe Ser Trp Thr Tyr Ser Ser Thr Trp 20 25 30 Leu Gly Arg Pro Gln Asn His Gly Glu Arg Arg Lys Ala Leu Leu Thr 35 40 45 Trp Trp Gln Gln Glu Lys Thr Arg Lys Lys Gln Lys Arg Lys Ser Leu 50 55 60 Ile Ile Pro Ser Asp Leu Met Arg Arg Ile His Tyr Tyr Lys Asn Gly 65 70 75 80 Met Val Lys Thr Ser Pro His Asp Ser Ile Thr Ser Pro Gly Ser Leu 85 90 95 Pro Gln Arg Val Gly Ile Leu Gly Asp Thr Ile Gln Val Glu Ile Trp 100 105 110 Val Gly Thr Gln Pro Asn His Ile Ile Leu Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Lys 115 120 125 Ser His Val Leu Thr Phe Gln Asn Gln Ser Cys Leu His Asn Ser Pro 130 135 140 Pro Lys Ser 145 184 94 PRT Homo sapien 184 Trp Leu Lys Arg Ala Asn Ile Glu Leu Arg Leu Trp Leu Gln Arg Val 1 5 10 15 Glu Ala Pro Ser Leu Gly Ser Phe His Met Val Leu Ser Leu Gln Val 20 25 30 His Arg Ser Gln Glu Leu Arg Phe Gly Asn Leu His Leu Asp Phe Arg 35 40 45 Arg Cys Met Glu Met Pro Gly Cys Pro Gly Lys Ser Trp His Gln Gly 50 55 60 His Ser Pro Tyr Gly Lys Leu Leu Pro Gly His Cys Gly Ser Lys Leu 65 70 75 80 Trp Gly Gln Ser Pro Thr Gln Ser Pro Ala Trp Gly Thr Ala 85 90 185 17 PRT Homo sapien 185 Met Leu Ser Ser Gly Ala Cys Asp Gly Ser Ala Pro Leu Gln Pro Cys 1 5 10 15 Ala 186 125 PRT Homo sapien 186 Met Ser Pro Leu Lys Asn Pro Gln Pro Pro Phe Phe Phe Phe Phe Phe 1 5 10 15 Phe Phe Phe Glu Pro Gly Val Ser Ile Leu Thr Ser Val Ala Pro Lys 20 25 30 Val Lys Cys Thr Val Ala Pro Ile Thr Gly Leu Thr Ala Ser Pro Gly 35 40 45 Pro Pro Gly Leu Thr Val Asn Pro Phe Cys Leu Ser Leu Pro Ser Arg 50 55 60 Val Ala Gly Thr Trp Asp Tyr Arg Gln Ala His His Thr Pro Thr Thr 65 70 75 80 Phe Val Phe Phe Phe Phe Leu Val Glu Ile Gly Val Pro Pro Cys Tyr 85 90 95 Pro Gly Trp Ser Arg Thr Pro Val Val Lys Gln Ser Ser Ile Thr Leu 100 105 110 Arg Arg Ser Ser Met His Leu Glu Thr His Ser Pro Ile 115 120 125 187 84 PRT Homo sapien 187 Met His Ser Gly Trp Glu Trp Trp Leu Met Pro Val Ile Pro Ala Val 1 5 10 15 Trp Glu Ala Glu Val Gly Arg Leu Phe Asp His Arg Ser Ser Arg Pro 20 25 30 Ala Gly Val Thr Trp Gln Asp Pro Asn Leu Tyr Gln Lys Lys Lys Lys 35 40 45 Tyr Lys Ser Cys Arg Gly Val Val Cys Leu Pro Val Val Pro Ser Pro 50 55 60 Ser Tyr Ser Thr Trp Glu Ala Glu Ala Glu Gly Ile His Arg Glu Pro 65 70 75 80 Arg Arg Ala Arg 188 89 PRT Homo sapien 188 Met Cys Phe Val Lys Gln Met Leu Glu Gly Ser Met Leu Val Lys Ser 1 5 10 15 His His Gln Ser Leu Ile Ser Ser Asn Gln Gly His Lys His Cys Gly 20 25 30 Arg Pro Gln Gly Pro Leu Pro Arg Lys Thr Arg Asp Leu Cys Ser Leu 35 40 45 Val Tyr Leu Leu Thr Phe Pro Pro Leu Leu Ser His Asp Pro Ala Lys 50 55 60 Tyr Pro Ser Val Arg Asn Thr Gln Glu Leu Ser Lys Lys Lys Lys Glu 65 70 75 80 Glu Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys Gly Gly Gly 85 189 917 PRT Homo sapien 189 Ala Ala Leu Ser Lys Cys Lys Arg Thr Glu Ile Ile Thr Asn Tyr Leu 1 5 10 15 Ser Asp His Ser Ala Ile Lys Leu Glu Leu Arg Ile Lys Asn Leu Thr 20 25 30 Gln Ser Arg Ser Thr Thr Trp Lys Leu Asn Asn Leu Leu Leu Asn Asp 35 40 45 Tyr Trp Val His Asn Glu Met Lys Ala Glu Ile Lys Met Phe Phe Glu 50 55 60 Thr Asn Glu Asn Lys Asp Thr Thr Tyr Gln Asn Leu Trp Asp Ala Phe 65 70 75 80 Lys Ala Val Cys Arg Gly Lys Phe Ile Ala Leu Asn Ala His Lys Arg 85 90 95 Lys Gln Glu Arg Ser Lys Ile Asp Thr Leu Thr Ser Gln Leu Lys Glu 100 105 110 Leu Glu Lys Gln Glu Gln Thr His Ser Lys Ala Ser Arg Arg Gln Glu 115 120 125 Ile Thr Lys Ile Arg Ala Glu Leu Lys Glu Ile Glu Thr Gln Lys Thr 130 135 140 Leu Gln Lys Ile Asn Glu Ser Arg Ser Trp Phe Phe Glu Arg Ile Asn 145 150 155 160 Lys Ile Asp Arg Pro Leu Ala Arg Leu Ile Lys Lys Lys Arg Glu Lys 165 170 175 Asn Gln Ile Asp Thr Ile Lys Asn Asp Lys Gly Asp Ile Thr Thr Asp 180 185 190 Pro Thr Glu Ile Gln Thr Thr Ile Arg Glu Tyr Tyr Lys His Leu Tyr 195 200 205 Ala Asn Lys Leu Glu Asn Leu Glu Glu Met Asp Lys Phe Leu Asp Thr 210 215 220 Asp Thr Leu Pro Arg Leu Asn Gln Glu Glu Val Glu Ser Leu Asn Arg 225 230 235 240 Pro Ile Thr Gly Ala Glu Ile Val Ala Ile Ile Asn Ser Leu Pro Thr 245 250 255 Lys Lys Ser Pro Gly Pro Asp Gly Phe Thr Ala Glu Phe Tyr Gln Arg 260 265 270 Tyr Lys Glu Glu Leu Val Pro Phe Leu Leu Lys Leu Phe Gln Ser Ile 275 280 285 Glu Lys Glu Gly Ile Leu Pro Asn Ser Phe Tyr Glu Ala Ser Ile Ile 290 295 300 Leu Ile Pro Lys Pro Gly Arg Asp Thr Thr Lys Lys Glu Asn Phe Arg 305 310 315 320 Pro Ile Ser Leu Met Asn Ile Asp Ala Lys Ile Leu Asn Lys Ile Leu 325 330 335 Ala Lys Arg Ile Gln Gln His Ile Lys Lys Leu Ile His His Asp Gln 340 345 350 Val Gly Phe Ile Pro Gly Met Gln Gly Trp Phe Asn Ile Arg Lys Ser 355 360 365 Ile Asn Val Ile Gln His Ile Asn Arg Ala Lys Asp Lys Asn His Met 370 375 380 Ile Ile Ser Ile Asp Ala Glu Lys Ala Phe Asp Lys Ile Gln Gln Pro 385 390 395 400 Phe Met Leu Lys Thr Leu Asn Lys Leu Gly Ile Asp Gly Thr Tyr Phe 405 410 415 Lys Ile Ile Arg Ala Ile Tyr Asp Lys Pro Thr Ala Asn Ile Ile Leu 420 425 430 Asn Gly Gln Lys Leu Glu Ala Phe Pro Leu Lys Thr Gly Thr Arg Gln 435 440 445 Gly Cys Pro Leu Ser Pro Leu Leu Phe Asn Ile Val Leu Glu Val Leu 450 455 460 Ala Arg Ala Ile Arg Gln Glu Lys Glu Ile Lys Gly Ile Gln Leu Gly 465 470 475 480 Lys Glu Glu Val Lys Leu Ser Leu Phe Ala Asp Asp Met Ile Val Tyr 485 490 495 Leu Glu Asn Pro Ile Val Ser Ala Gln Asn Leu Leu Lys Leu Ile Ser 500 505 510 Asn Phe Ser Lys Val Ser Gly Tyr Lys Ile Asn Val Gln Lys Ser Gln 515 520 525 Ala Phe Leu Tyr Thr Asn Asn Arg Gln Thr Glu Ser Gln Ile Met Ser 530 535 540 Glu Leu Pro Phe Thr Ile Ala Ser Lys Arg Ile Lys Tyr Leu Gly Ile 545 550 555 560 Gln Leu Thr Arg Asp Val Lys Asp Leu Phe Lys Glu Asn Tyr Lys Pro 565 570 575 Leu Leu Lys Glu Ile Lys Glu Asp Thr Asn Lys Trp Lys Asn Ile Pro 580 585 590 Cys Ser Trp Val Gly Arg Ile Asn Ile Val Lys Met Ala Ile Leu Pro 595 600 605 Lys Val Ile Tyr Arg Phe Asn Ala Ile Pro Ile Lys Leu Pro Met Thr 610 615 620 Phe Phe Thr Glu Leu Glu Lys Thr Thr Leu Lys Phe Ile Trp Asn Gln 625 630 635 640 Lys Arg Ala Arg Ile Ala Lys Ser Ile Leu Ser Gln Lys Asn Lys Ala 645 650 655 Gly Gly Ile Thr Leu Pro Asp Phe Lys Leu Tyr Tyr Lys Ala Thr Val 660 665 670 Thr Lys Thr Ala Trp Tyr Trp Tyr Gln Asn Arg Asp Ile Asp Gln Trp 675 680 685 Asn Arg Thr Glu Pro Ser Glu Ile Met Pro His Ile Tyr Asn Tyr Leu 690 695 700 Ile Phe Asp Lys Pro Glu Lys Asn Lys Gln Trp Gly Lys Asp Ser Leu 705 710 715 720 Phe Asn Lys Trp Cys Trp Glu Asn Trp Leu Ala Ile Cys Arg Lys Leu 725 730 735 Lys Leu Asp Pro Phe Leu Thr Pro Tyr Thr Lys Ile Asn Ser Arg Trp 740 745 750 Ile Lys Asp Leu Asn Val Arg Pro Lys Thr Ile Lys Thr Leu Glu Glu 755 760 765 Asn Leu Gly Ile Thr Ile Gln Asp Ile Gly Val Gly Lys Asp Phe Met 770 775 780 Ser Lys Thr Pro Lys Ala Met Ala Thr Lys Ala Lys Ile Asp Lys Trp 785 790 795 800 Asp Leu Ile Lys Leu Lys Ser Phe Cys Thr Ala Lys Glu Thr Thr Ile 805 810 815 Arg Val Asn Arg Gln Pro Thr Thr Trp Glu Lys Ile Phe Ala Thr Tyr 820 825 830 Ser Ser Asp Lys Gly Leu Ile Ser Arg Ile Tyr Asn Glu Leu Lys Gln 835 840 845 Ile Tyr Lys Lys Lys Thr Asn Asn Pro Ile Lys Lys Trp Ala Lys Asp 850 855 860 Met Asn Arg His Phe Ser Lys Glu Asp Ile Tyr Ala Ala Lys Lys His 865 870 875 880 Met Lys Lys Cys Ser Ser Ser Leu Ala Ile Arg Glu Met Gln Ile Lys 885 890 895 Thr Thr Met Arg Tyr His Leu Thr Pro Val Arg Met Ala Ile Ile Lys 900 905 910 Lys Ser Gly Asn Asn 915 190 110 PRT Homo sapien 190 Met Lys Cys Cys Val Glu Asn Cys Glu Arg Asn Asn Thr Phe His Thr 1 5 10 15 Thr Gly Thr Arg Tyr Glu Pro Leu Ser Tyr Ala Gln Pro Phe Phe Phe 20 25 30 Phe Ser Phe Phe Phe Phe Leu Leu Ser Phe Leu Ser Phe Phe Phe Leu 35 40 45 Ser Phe Leu Leu Phe Leu Ser Leu Ser Leu Ser Leu Ser Phe Phe Leu 50 55 60 Pro Phe Phe Leu Ser Phe Ser Gln Ser Val Thr Pro Gly Trp Ser Ala 65 70 75 80 Val Ala Leu Ser Gln Leu Thr Ala Thr Ser Asp Ser Ser Val Gln Ala 85 90 95 Ile Leu Leu Pro Leu Pro Pro Lys Val Leu Arg Leu Gln Ala 100 105 110 191 43 PRT Homo sapien 191 Met Gly Ala Thr Thr Gly Gly Gly Gly Arg Gly Arg Gln Gly Glu Glu 1 5 10 15 Ala Glu Ala Gly Glu Lys Arg Gly Glu Gln Gly Ala Val Trp Arg Gly 20 25 30 Lys Glu Arg Glu Arg Gly Ala Arg Ala Arg Arg 35 40 192 61 PRT Homo sapien 192 Met Ala Lys Glu Leu Pro Gln Ala Leu Phe Phe Val Phe Phe Phe Phe 1 5 10 15 Leu Phe Val Leu Arg Trp Asn Leu His Phe Met Ser Pro Pro Gly Trp 20 25 30 Ser Ala Val Ala Ala Asp Leu Arg Leu Thr Ala Thr Phe Thr Cys Gln 35 40 45 Gly Ser Ser Asp Ser Pro Ala Ser Val Ser Gln Asn Ser 50 55 60 193 57 PRT Homo sapien 193 Met Leu Phe Ala Trp Leu Ile Ser Pro Gly Thr Pro Ser Ile Arg Tyr 1 5 10 15 Glu Ile Ala Cys Met Leu Leu His Lys Val Thr Asp Arg Trp Gln Arg 20 25 30 Ser Thr Asn Ala Ala Pro Gly Arg Thr Thr His Cys Asp Lys Gln Asp 35 40 45 Leu Pro Gly Arg Pro Ile Leu Ser Thr 50 55 194 61 PRT Homo sapien 194 Met Pro Leu His Ser Ser Leu Gly Asn Ile Val Arg Ser Cys Leu Lys 1 5 10 15 Asn Asn Asn Asn Lys Ile Gly Arg Ala Arg Trp Leu Thr Pro Val Ile 20 25 30 Pro Ala Leu Trp Glu Ala Lys Ala Gly Gly Ser Arg Gly Gln Glu Ile 35 40 45 Lys Thr Ile Leu Ala Asn Thr Val Lys Pro His Leu Tyr 50 55 60 195 75 PRT Homo sapien 195 Arg Pro Ser Ala Val Ala His Ala Cys Asn Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Gln Gly Gly Trp Ile Thr Arg Ser Gly Asp Gln Asp His Pro Gly Ala 20 25 30 His Gly Glu Thr Pro Ser Leu Leu Lys Ile Gln Lys Ile Ser Pro Val 35 40 45 Trp Trp Trp Ala Pro Val Val Pro Ala Thr Arg Glu Ala Glu Ala Gly 50 55 60 Glu Trp Arg Glu Pro Gly Arg Trp Ser Leu Gln 65 70 75 196 69 PRT Homo sapien 196 Met Ser His His Ala Arg Pro His Leu Phe Phe Ile Arg Ser Ser Val 1 5 10 15 Gly Arg His Leu His Cys Phe Gln Ile Leu Ala Ile Val Asn Ser Ala 20 25 30 Ala Ile Asn Ile Arg Val Gln Thr Ser Leu Pro His Leu Ile Ser Phe 35 40 45 Leu Leu Gly Ile Tyr Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Leu Asp His Met Val Ala 50 55 60 Leu Phe Leu Val Phe 65 197 157 PRT Homo sapien 197 Met Val Cys Glu Gln Thr Leu Gly Ser Val Val Val Trp Asn Met Trp 1 5 10 15 Ser Gly Lys Thr Asn Ile His His Gln Gly Thr Ser Phe Arg Thr Gln 20 25 30 Asp Leu Pro Pro Arg Leu Phe Phe Leu Phe Phe Phe Ser Glu Gln Ser 35 40 45 Leu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Gly Ala Gly Val Arg Cys His Asp Leu Ser Ser 50 55 60 Leu Gln Cys Leu Pro Ser Arg Phe Lys Gln Phe Leu Cys Leu Ser Leu 65 70 75 80 Pro Ser Ser Trp Asp Thr Gly Ala Arg His His Thr Gln Leu Ile Phe 85 90 95 Ala Val Leu Val Glu Thr Gly Phe Cys His Val Gly Gln Ala Gly Leu 100 105 110 Glu Leu Leu Ala Ser Ser Asp Leu Pro Ile Leu Ala Ser Gln Ser Ala 115 120 125 Gly Thr Thr Gly Val Ser His Arg Thr Gln Leu Phe Phe Val Tyr Phe 130 135 140 His Leu Leu Leu Cys Pro His His Phe Ser Leu Ser Leu 145 150 155 198 101 PRT Homo sapien 198 Phe Phe Ser Glu Gln Ser Leu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Gly Ala Gly Val Arg 1 5 10 15 Cys His Asp Leu Ser Ser Leu Gln Cys Leu Pro Ser Arg Phe Lys Gln 20 25 30 Phe Leu Cys Leu Ser Leu Pro Ser Ser Trp Asp Tyr Arg Cys Thr Pro 35 40 45 Pro His Pro Ala Asn Phe Ala Val Leu Val Glu Thr Gly Phe Cys His 50 55 60 Val Gly Gln Ala Gly Leu Glu Leu Leu Ala Ser Ser Asp Leu Pro Ile 65 70 75 80 Leu Ala Ser Gln Ser Ala Gly Thr Thr Gly Val Ser His Arg Thr Gln 85 90 95 Leu Phe Phe Val Tyr 100 199 79 PRT Homo sapien 199 Met Ser Phe Leu Phe Leu Ser Cys Phe Phe Phe Ser Phe Ser Phe Ser 1 5 10 15 Thr Phe Leu Phe Ser Phe Phe Ile Ser Cys Arg Phe Phe Cys Phe Leu 20 25 30 Leu Cys Phe Leu Phe Leu Phe Cys Leu Ala Leu Ala Phe Asp Phe Leu 35 40 45 Phe Thr Leu Phe Val Leu Leu Cys Leu Ser Ser Phe Val Phe Cys Leu 50 55 60 Ser Leu Leu Phe Phe Ser Leu Val Leu Trp Val Cys Leu Leu Ser 65 70 75 200 113 PRT Homo sapien 200 Met Thr Leu Asn Glu His Ala Ala Phe Lys His Leu Phe Asn Lys Ala 1 5 10 15 His Leu Ala Leu Pro Leu Ile His Leu Thr Leu Ser Gly His Arg Thr 20 25 30 Cys Phe Arg Glu His Arg Val Gly Gly Lys Val Thr Asp Gln Gln Asp 35 40 45 Pro Lys Ala Glu Glu Phe Phe Leu Val Ala Asn Arg Met Lys Ser Leu 50 55 60 Pro Cys Leu Leu Leu Ser Thr Gln Thr Arg Gln Pro Ser Asp Phe Ser 65 70 75 80 Ile Phe Ser Pro Pro Phe Pro Pro Phe Tyr Ser Thr Lys Pro Pro Leu 85 90 95 Ser Ser Trp Pro Val Leu Asn Glu Leu Leu Gly Thr Cys Pro Gly Gly 100 105 110 Arg 201 108 PRT Homo sapien 201 Met Ile Arg Thr Met Ile Ser Ser Gly Glu Glu Val Cys Gln Tyr Leu 1 5 10 15 Met Arg Cys Asn Arg Leu Gly Thr Ala Gly Ala Asn Ser Ala Val Gln 20 25 30 Asp Arg Trp Ser Ala Ile Ser Pro Ile Thr Ser Ser Cys Ser Cys His 35 40 45 Thr Ser Gln Glu Lys Lys Lys Glu Lys Lys Met Gly Val Gly Gly Ile 50 55 60 His Tyr Val Gly Ala Asn Arg Arg Ala Thr Pro Gly Gly Val Arg Met 65 70 75 80 Trp Gly Val Cys Ala Ala Thr Thr Ile Cys Pro Pro Pro Ser Ile Ser 85 90 95 Gly Ala Glu Thr Gly Gln Lys Gly Arg Glu Ala Thr 100 105 202 51 PRT Homo sapien 202 Met Ser Tyr Arg Pro Ala Phe Ser Ala Trp Ala Trp Trp Phe Tyr Arg 1 5 10 15 Pro Ile Ile Leu Ala Leu Trp Glu Ala Pro Gly Gly Trp Ile Thr Arg 20 25 30 Gly Gln Gly Phe Lys Thr Pro Pro Gly Pro Asp Gly Glu Asn Pro His 35 40 45 Leu Leu Pro 50 203 117 PRT Homo sapien 203 Phe Cys Gly Met Asn Ile Ala Asn Leu Ser Ala Gln Phe Pro Phe Phe 1 5 10 15 Phe Phe Phe Leu Gly Gln Ser Leu Ala Leu Ser Leu Arg Leu Glu Cys 20 25 30 Ile Gly Ala Val Ser Thr His Cys Asn Leu Arg Leu Trp Asp Ser Ser 35 40 45 Asn Ser Pro Ala Ser Ala Ser Gln Ile Ala Gly Thr Thr Gly Met His 50 55 60 Tyr His Ala Gln Ile Ile Phe Val Phe Leu Val Glu Thr Gly Val Ser 65 70 75 80 Glu Thr Gly Phe His His Val Gly Gln Ala Asp Leu Glu Leu Leu Thr 85 90 95 Ser Gly Asp Pro Pro Thr Leu Ala Ser Gln Ser Ala Ser Ile Met Gly 100 105 110 Val Asn His His His 115 204 223 PRT Homo sapien 204 Glu Arg Gly Leu Pro Gly Val Ala Gly Ala Val Gly Glu Pro Gly Pro 1 5 10 15 Leu Gly Ile Ala Gly Pro Pro Gly Ala Arg Gly Pro Pro Gly Ala Val 20 25 30 Gly Ser Pro Gly Val Asn Gly Ala Pro Gly Glu Ala Gly Arg Asp Gly 35 40 45 Asn Pro Gly Asn Asp Gly Pro Pro Gly Arg Asp Gly Gln Pro Gly His 50 55 60 Lys Gly Glu Arg Gly Tyr Pro Gly Asn Ile Gly Pro Val Gly Ala Ala 65 70 75 80 Gly Ala Pro Gly Pro His Gly Pro Val Gly Pro Ala Gly Lys His Gly 85 90 95 Asn Arg Gly Glu Thr Gly Pro Ser Gly Pro Val Gly Pro Ala Gly Ala 100 105 110 Val Gly Pro Arg Gly Pro Ser Gly Pro Gln Gly Ile Arg Gly Asp Lys 115 120 125 Gly Glu Pro Gly Glu Lys Gly Pro Arg Gly Leu Pro Gly Leu Lys Gly 130 135 140 His Asn Gly Leu Gln Gly Leu Pro Gly Ile Ala Gly His His Gly Asp 145 150 155 160 Gln Gly Ala Pro Gly Ser Val Gly Pro Ala Gly Pro Arg Gly Pro Ala 165 170 175 Gly Pro Ser Gly Pro Ala Gly Lys Asp Gly Arg Thr Gly His Pro Gly 180 185 190 Thr Val Gly Pro Ala Gly Ile Arg Gly Pro Gln Gly His Gln Gly Pro 195 200 205 Ala Gly Pro Pro Gly Pro Pro Gly Pro Ser Trp Gly Pro Pro Gly 210 215 220 205 59 PRT Homo sapien 205 Met Leu Lys Val Gly Ala Glu His Ile His Phe Leu Phe Val Ile Leu 1 5 10 15 Gln Val Thr Phe Arg Pro Ser Gly His Ile Pro Cys Asn Val Lys Glu 20 25 30 Gly Cys Arg Trp Leu Gly Leu Gly Ser Asp Gly Leu Asp Ile Pro Ala 35 40 45 Val Val Ile Thr Asn Gln Lys Asn Lys Thr Lys 50 55 206 53 PRT Homo sapien 206 Met Lys Phe Gly Ala Met Thr Arg Ile Gly Val Pro Pro Leu Gly Asp 1 5 10 15 Gln Ser Pro Ser Ser Cys Ser Leu Leu Arg Glu Lys Asp Leu Pro Arg 20 25 30 Thr Ser Gly Pro Gln Thr Asp Gln Pro Lys Glu His Leu Thr Asn Phe 35 40 45 Lys Ser Gly Thr Arg 50 207 135 PRT Homo sapien 207 Met Cys Phe Val Lys Gln Met Leu Glu Gly Ser Met Leu Val Lys Ser 1 5 10 15 His His Gln Ser Leu Ile Ser Ser Asn Gln Gly His Lys His Cys Gly 20 25 30 Arg Pro Gln Gly Pro Leu Pro Arg Lys Thr Arg Asp Leu Cys Ser Leu 35 40 45 Val Tyr Leu Leu Thr Phe Pro Pro Leu Leu Ser His Asp Pro Ala Lys 50 55 60 Tyr Pro Ser Val Arg Asn Thr Gln Glu Leu Ser Lys Lys Lys Asn His 65 70 75 80 Lys Pro Lys Lys Lys Arg Leu Gly Asp Pro Trp Ala Ile Ala Cys Pro 85 90 95 Cys Gly Gly Ile Gly Thr Arg Gln Phe Pro Ile Val Gln Gln Thr Leu 100 105 110 Gln Leu Leu Pro His Cys Tyr Gln His Lys Gln Ile Asp Ser Ser Arg 115 120 125 Ile Tyr Pro Leu Gln Ile Asn 130 135 208 113 PRT Homo sapien 208 Met Thr Leu Asn Glu His Ala Ala Phe Lys His Leu Phe Asn Lys Ala 1 5 10 15 His Leu Ala Leu Pro Leu Ile His Leu Thr Leu Ser Gly His Arg Thr 20 25 30 Cys Phe Arg Glu His Arg Val Gly Gly Lys Val Thr Asp Gln Gln Asp 35 40 45 Pro Lys Ala Glu Glu Phe Phe Leu Val Ala Asn Lys Met Lys Ser Leu 50 55 60 Pro Cys Leu Leu Leu Ser Thr Gln Thr Arg Gln Pro Ser Asp Phe Ser 65 70 75 80 Ile Phe Ser Pro Pro Phe Pro Pro Phe Tyr Ser Thr Lys Pro Pro Leu 85 90 95 Ser Ser Trp Pro Val Leu Asn Glu Leu Leu Gly Thr Cys Pro Gly Gly 100 105 110 Arg 209 72 PRT Homo sapien 209 Met Leu Leu Gly Ala Ala Pro Cys Asp Gly Ser Ala Ala Arg Ala Val 1 5 10 15 Val Ile Pro Ala Thr Trp Glu Ala Glu Ala Glu Asn Cys Leu Asn Pro 20 25 30 Gly Gly Arg Gly Cys Ser Glu Ser Arg Ser Tyr His Cys Thr Pro Ala 35 40 45 Arg Ala Thr Glu Gly Asp Ser Ile Ser Lys Lys Arg Lys Lys Gly Lys 50 55 60 Ala Gly Leu Ser Gly Ser His Leu 65 70 210 74 PRT Homo sapien 210 Arg Pro Ser Ala Val Thr His Ala Cys Asn Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Gln Gly Gly Trp Ile Thr Arg Ser Gly Asp Gln Asp His Pro Gly Ala 20 25 30 His Gly Glu Thr Pro Ser Leu Leu Lys Ile Gln Lys Ile Ser Pro Val 35 40 45 Trp Trp Trp Ala Pro Val Val Pro Ala Thr Arg Glu Ala Glu Ala Gly 50 55 60 Glu Trp Arg Glu Pro Gly Arg Val Glu Leu 65 70 211 71 PRT Homo sapien 211 Met Thr Asp Pro Leu Gly Gln Arg Arg Lys Ala Phe Gly Arg Leu Asn 1 5 10 15 Ser Asn Arg Ala His Gln Ala Trp Phe Pro Leu Val Val Ala Thr Phe 20 25 30 Arg Phe Thr Pro Val Ser Pro Ile Val Pro Gln Arg Arg Ile His His 35 40 45 Leu Glu Ala Thr Pro Thr Arg Arg Phe Lys Val Asp Pro Arg Gly Asp 50 55 60 Pro Trp His Val Asn Pro Phe 65 70 212 71 PRT Homo sapien 212 Met Gln Cys Glu Trp Phe Gln Ile Phe Trp Ser Leu Ser Val Leu Ser 1 5 10 15 Thr Gln Asn Pro Phe Ser Tyr Pro Cys Leu Ile His Leu Ser Glu Arg 20 25 30 Thr Tyr Pro Ser Val Leu Lys Tyr Met Tyr Glu His Pro Arg Phe Ser 35 40 45 Leu Asn Val Trp Ser Ala Phe Ile Thr His Ser Ala Asn Glu Thr Ser 50 55 60 Pro Ser His Ala Arg Met Leu 65 70 213 155 PRT Homo sapien 213 Met Glu Val Gly Ala Val Gly Arg Ser Val Pro Arg Leu Ser Val Phe 1 5 10 15 Val Leu Leu Ser Arg Arg Ser Val Leu Ser Phe Arg Leu Leu Leu Leu 20 25 30 Phe Val Arg Pro Ser Gly Pro Ser Gly Pro Pro Phe Cys Leu Ser Leu 35 40 45 Ser Leu Leu Ser Val Gly Leu Ser Phe Phe Phe Cys Ser Phe Phe Leu 50 55 60 Ala Phe Pro Gly Pro Cys Thr Val Thr Val Pro Phe Arg Ser Val Ser 65 70 75 80 Val Ser Val Leu Pro Ser Phe Leu Leu Ser Phe Phe Leu Ser Leu Ser 85 90 95 Leu Ser Leu Ser Phe Phe Leu Ser Phe Phe Leu Ser Phe Phe Leu Ser 100 105 110 Phe Phe Leu Ser Phe Phe Leu Gly Ser Cys Ser Val Thr Gln Gly Gly 115 120 125 Glu Arg Trp His His His Ser Leu Leu Gln Ser Gln Leu His Arg Leu 130 135 140 Lys Gln Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ile Val Leu Ser Ser 145 150 155 214 103 PRT Homo sapien 214 Phe Phe Leu Ser Phe Ser Gly Leu Ala Leu Ser Pro Lys Val Glu Ser 1 5 10 15 Gly Gly Ile Ile Thr Ala Tyr Cys Ser Leu Asn Phe Thr Gly Ser Ser 20 25 30 Asn Pro Pro Thr Ser Leu Ser Ala Val Ala Glu Thr Ala Gly Met Cys 35 40 45 His His Ala Pro Leu Ile Phe Val Tyr Phe Leu Glu Thr Gly Phe Leu 50 55 60 His Val Ala His Ala Gly Leu Glu Leu Phe Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Pro 65 70 75 80 Ala Ser Ala Ser Gln Ser Ala Arg Ile Thr Gly Val His His Cys Ala 85 90 95 Trp Pro Thr Ala Met Phe Ser 100 215 125 PRT Homo sapien 215 Met Asn Ala Ser Thr Asp Asp Thr Leu Thr Gln Glu Trp Gln Pro Ser 1 5 10 15 Thr Asn Ala Ala Leu Ala Asn His Tyr Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Ser Gly 20 25 30 Gly Arg Leu Ala Leu Pro Leu Ser Asp Glu Leu Ile Leu Gln Arg Asp 35 40 45 Ile Glu Ser Ser Arg Leu Ile Ser Ser Cys Trp Gly Pro Pro Ile Asn 50 55 60 His Ala Gly Ser Pro Arg Tyr Ser Gln Ala Asp Lys Pro Gln Gly Tyr 65 70 75 80 His Thr Arg Phe Gly Glu Val Asn Leu Ser Ala Arg Gly Gly Ser Gly 85 90 95 Ala Cys Leu Asp His Met Val Gln Gly Glu Ala Phe Gln Gly Leu Thr 100 105 110 Gln Leu Ser Arg Gly Arg Ala Cys Thr Ser Ala Ala Thr 115 120 125 216 76 PRT Homo sapien 216 Met Gly Val Gly Thr Thr Gln Gly Pro Pro Tyr Lys Ala Gly Phe Phe 1 5 10 15 Ser Ile Lys Ser Tyr Thr Lys Val Cys Leu Pro Leu Leu Pro Gly Phe 20 25 30 Leu His Leu Phe His Pro Leu Leu Thr Ser Gly Ala Gly Lys Thr Lys 35 40 45 Pro Ser Ser Ser Ser Leu Leu His Ser Leu Leu Ser Ala Lys Thr Val 50 55 60 Arg Asp Glu Asp Phe Ser Asp Asp Pro Leu Ser Thr 65 70 75 217 42 PRT Homo sapien 217 Met Leu Pro Leu Ala Gly Val Gln Trp Tyr Arg Ser Arg His His Cys 1 5 10 15 Asn Leu Cys Leu Thr Arg Val Gln Ala Asn Ser Leu His Ser Ala Ser 20 25 30 Gln Val Ala Gly Ile Thr Thr Cys Pro Ala 35 40 218 82 PRT Homo sapien 218 Met Ala Trp Leu Gly Leu Arg Gly Leu Thr Phe Leu Pro Ser Tyr Ile 1 5 10 15 Asn Lys Lys Asn Lys Thr Asn Ser Val Glu Val Leu Gly Trp Gln Lys 20 25 30 Phe Leu Gly Gly Asp Met Glu Arg Glu Trp Ala Met Phe Leu Arg Ala 35 40 45 Ala Ser Ser Gly Ile Arg Gly Gly Val Gly Thr Phe His Cys Glu Ser 50 55 60 Tyr Pro Lys Leu Gly Ile Arg Asp Gly Leu Gly Gly Ser Arg Asp Leu 65 70 75 80 Gly Arg 219 72 PRT Homo sapien 219 Asp Tyr Ala Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Leu Ser Asn Gln Thr Ser Ala Val 1 5 10 15 Val Pro Ile Leu Arg Pro Phe Ile Pro Val Phe Leu Leu Leu Leu Phe 20 25 30 His Leu Val Phe Gln Phe Ile Gln Asn Arg Ile Gln Ala Ile Thr Asn 35 40 45 His Ser Ile Ala Gln Met Phe Leu Leu Thr Ser Pro Gln Ser His Pro 50 55 60 Leu Pro Gln Asp Leu Pro Ser Ala 65 70 220 65 PRT Homo sapien 220 Met Ser Gly Gly Gln Arg Glu Arg Leu Asp Thr Gly Glu Gly Gly Asn 1 5 10 15 Val Thr Thr Ala Ala Arg Cys Tyr Thr Ala Gly Leu Glu Val Glu Glu 20 25 30 Lys Ala Lys Asn Ala Thr Asn Val Ala Trp Lys Leu Glu Lys Ala Arg 35 40 45 Lys Leu Phe Ser Leu Arg Thr Ser Gly Gly Ser Val Ala Leu Pro Thr 50 55 60 His 65 221 476 PRT Homo sapien 221 Lys Met Ser Trp Arg Pro Gln Tyr Arg Ser Ser Lys Phe Arg Asn Val 1 5 10 15 Tyr Gly Lys Val Ala Asn Arg Glu His Cys Phe Asp Gly Ile Pro Ile 20 25 30 Thr Lys Asn Val His Asp Asn His Phe Cys Ala Val Asn Thr Arg Phe 35 40 45 Leu Ala Ile Val Thr Glu Ser Ala Gly Gly Gly Ser Phe Leu Val Ile 50 55 60 Pro Leu Glu Gln Thr Gly Arg Ile Glu Pro Asn Tyr Pro Lys Val Cys 65 70 75 80 Gly His Gln Gly Asn Val Leu Asp Ile Lys Trp Asn Pro Phe Ile Asp 85 90 95 Asn Ile Ile Ala Ser Cys Ser Glu Asp Thr Ser Val Arg Ile Trp Glu 100 105 110 Ile Pro Glu Gly Gly Leu Lys Arg Asn Met Thr Glu Ala Leu Leu Glu 115 120 125 Leu His Gly His Ser Arg Arg Val Gly Leu Val Glu Trp His Pro Thr 130 135 140 Thr Asn Asn Ile Leu Phe Ser Ala Gly Tyr Asp Tyr Lys Val Leu Ile 145 150 155 160 Trp Asn Leu Asp Val Gly Glu Pro Val Lys Met Ile Asp Cys His Thr 165 170 175 Asp Val Ile Leu Cys Met Ser Phe Asn Thr Asp Gly Ser Leu Leu Thr 180 185 190 Thr Thr Cys Lys Asp Lys Lys Leu Arg Val Ile Glu Pro Arg Ser Gly 195 200 205 Arg Val Leu Gln Glu Ala Asn Cys Lys Asn His Arg Val Asn Arg Val 210 215 220 Val Phe Leu Gly Asn Met Lys Arg Leu Leu Thr Thr Gly Val Ser Arg 225 230 235 240 Trp Asn Thr Arg Gln Ile Ala Leu Trp Asp Gln Glu Asp Leu Ser Met 245 250 255 Pro Leu Ile Glu Glu Glu Ile Asp Gly Leu Ser Gly Leu Leu Phe Pro 260 265 270 Phe Tyr Asp Ala Asp Thr His Met Leu Tyr Leu Ala Gly Lys Gly Asp 275 280 285 Gly Asn Ile Arg Tyr Tyr Glu Ile Ser Thr Glu Lys Pro Tyr Leu Ser 290 295 300 Tyr Leu Met Glu Phe Arg Ser Pro Ala Pro Gln Lys Gly Leu Gly Val 305 310 315 320 Met Pro Lys His Gly Leu Asp Val Ser Ala Cys Glu Val Phe Arg Phe 325 330 335 Tyr Lys Leu Val Thr Leu Lys Gly Leu Ile Glu Pro Ile Ser Met Ile 340 345 350 Val Pro Arg Arg Ser Asp Ser Tyr Gln Glu Asp Ile Tyr Pro Met Thr 355 360 365 Pro Gly Thr Glu Pro Ala Leu Thr Pro Asp Glu Trp Leu Gly Gly Ile 370 375 380 Asn Arg Asp Pro Val Leu Met Ser Leu Lys Glu Gly Tyr Lys Lys Ser 385 390 395 400 Ser Lys Met Val Phe Lys Ala Pro Ile Lys Glu Lys Lys Ser Val Val 405 410 415 Val Asn Gly Ile Asp Leu Leu Glu Asn Val Pro Pro Arg Thr Glu Asn 420 425 430 Glu Leu Leu Arg Met Phe Phe Arg Gln Gln Asp Glu Ile Arg Arg Leu 435 440 445 Lys Glu Glu Leu Ala Gln Lys Asp Ile Arg Ile Arg Gln Leu Gln Leu 450 455 460 Glu Leu Lys Asn Leu Arg Asn Ser Pro Lys Asn Cys 465 470 475 222 85 PRT Homo sapien 222 Met Gly Pro Arg Cys Cys Ser Ser Gly Ala Ser Val Met Asp Glu Arg 1 5 10 15 Pro Pro Gly Gln Val Val Ile Pro Ala Thr Trp Glu Ala Glu Ala Glu 20 25 30 Asn Cys Leu Asn Pro Gly Gly Arg Gly Cys Ser Glu Ser Arg Ser Tyr 35 40 45 His Cys Thr Pro Ala Arg Gln Gln Lys Glu Thr Pro Ser Gln Lys Lys 50 55 60 Glu Lys Lys Val Arg Pro Asp Ser Val Ala His Thr Cys Asn Leu Ser 65 70 75 80 Thr Ser Gly Gly Gly 85 223 75 PRT Homo sapien 223 Arg Pro Ser Ala Val Ala His Ala Cys Asn Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Gln Gly Gly Trp Ile Thr Arg Ser Gly Asp Ala Asp His Pro Gly Ala 20 25 30 His Gly Glu Thr Pro Ser Leu Leu Lys Ile Gln Lys Ile Ser Pro Val 35 40 45 Trp Trp Trp Ala Pro Val Val Pro Ala Thr Arg Glu Ala Glu Gly Gly 50 55 60 Glu Trp Arg Glu Pro Gly Arg Trp Ser Leu Gln 65 70 75 224 61 PRT Homo sapien 224 Met Pro Leu His Ser Ser Leu Gly Asn Ile Val Arg Ser Cys Leu Lys 1 5 10 15 Asn Asn Asn Asn Lys Ile Gly Arg Ala Arg Trp Leu Thr Pro Val Ile 20 25 30 Pro Ala Leu Trp Glu Ala Lys Ala Gly Gly Ser Arg Gly Gln Glu Ile 35 40 45 Lys Thr Ile Leu Ala Asn Thr Val Lys Pro His Leu Tyr 50 55 60 225 75 PRT Homo sapien 225 Arg Pro Ser Ala Val Ala His Ala Cys Asn Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Gln Gly Gly Trp Ile Thr Arg Ser Gly Asp Gln Asp His Pro Gly Ala 20 25 30 His Gly Glu Thr Pro Ser Leu Leu Lys Ile Gln Lys Ile Ser Pro Val 35 40 45 Trp Trp Trp Ala Pro Val Val Pro Ala Thr Arg Glu Ala Glu Ala Gly 50 55 60 Asp Trp Arg Glu Pro Gly Arg Trp Ser Leu Gln 65 70 75 226 67 PRT Homo sapien 226 Met Leu Glu Arg Arg Gln Cys Asp Gly Cys Val Val Ala Ala Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Thr Ile Lys Thr Glu Gly Glu His Asp Pro Val Thr Glu Phe Ile Gly 20 25 30 Glu Ala Asp Cys Leu Ala Leu Tyr Tyr Asn Arg Lys Cys Gln Leu Gly 35 40 45 Ala Val Ala His Ala Cys Asn Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gly Gln Gly Gly 50 55 60 Trp Ile Thr 65 227 105 PRT Homo sapien 227 Met His Ala Arg Ala Ala Gln Cys Asp Gly Ser Ala Ala Arg Ala Gly 1 5 10 15 Thr Cys Trp Arg Arg Glu Thr Thr Arg Thr Ala Ala Ser Leu Gly Pro 20 25 30 Val Thr Leu Arg Asp Met Asp Glu Ala Gly Asn His His Ser Gln Gln 35 40 45 Thr Asn Thr Glu Ala Glu Asn Gln Thr Pro His Val Leu Thr His Lys 50 55 60 Trp Glu Leu Asn Ser Glu Asn Thr Trp Thr Gln Gly Gly Glu His His 65 70 75 80 Thr Pro Arg Pro Val Arg Glu Trp Gly Thr Arg Gly Arg Glu Ser Met 85 90 95 Gly Gln Ile Pro Asn Ala Cys Thr Ala 100 105 228 61 PRT Homo sapien 228 Met Asn Thr Thr Leu Arg Ala Ser Tyr Ser Lys Arg Ser Cys Arg Ile 1 5 10 15 Arg Phe Asp Ser Arg His Arg Ser Thr His Gln Ala His Gly Ile Trp 20 25 30 Ala Val His Ser Leu Gly Ser Tyr Val Phe Ala Ser Ser Ser Ala Ala 35 40 45 Ile Leu Ala Ser Pro Gly Ser Ile Asn Ser Cys Ile Lys 50 55 60 

We claim:
 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising (a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228; (b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through 118; (c) a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b); or (d) a nucleic acid molecule having at least 60% sequence identity to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b).
 2. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is a cDNA.
 3. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is genomic DNA.
 4. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is a mammalian nucleic acid molecule.
 5. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 4, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is a human nucleic acid molecule.
 6. A method for determining the presence of an ovary specific nucleic acid (OSNA) in a sample, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the sample with the nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1 under conditions in which the nucleic acid molecule will selectively hybridize to an ovary specific nucleic acid; and (b) detecting hybridization of the nucleic acid molecule to an OSNA in the sample, wherein the detection of the hybridization indicates the presence of an OSNA in the sample.
 7. A vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim
 1. 8. A host cell comprising the vector according to claim
 7. 9. A method for producing a polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1, comprising the steps of (a) providing a host cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule operably linked to one or more expression control sequences, and (b) incubating the host cell under conditions in which the polypeptide is produced.
 10. A polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule according to claim
 1. 11. An isolated polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 60% sequence identity to of SEQ ID NO: 119 through 228; or (b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through
 118. 12. An antibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds to the polypeptide according to claim
 11. 13. A method for determining the presence of an ovary specific protein in a sample, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the sample with the antibody according to claim 12 under conditions in which the antibody will selectively bind to the ovary specific protein; and (b) detecting binding of the antibody to an ovary specific protein in the sample, wherein the detection of binding indicates the presence of an ovary specific protein in the sample.
 14. A method for diagnosing and monitoring the presence and metastases of ovarian cancer in a patient, comprising the steps of: (a) determining an amount of the nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 or a polypeptide of claim 6 in a sample of a patient; and (b) comparing the amount of the determined nucleic acid molecule or the polypeptide in the sample of the patient to the amount of the ovary specific marker in a normal control; wherein a difference in the amount of the nucleic acid molecule or the polypeptide in the sample compared to the amount of the nucleic acid molecule or the polypeptide in the normal control is associated with the presence of ovarian cancer.
 15. A kit for detecting a risk of cancer or presence of cancer in a patient, said kit comprising a means for determining the presence the nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 or a polypeptide of claim 6 in a sample of a patient.
 16. A method of treating a patient with ovarian cancer, comprising the step of administering a composition according to claim 12 to a patient in need thereof, wherein said administration induces an immune response against the ovarian cancer cell expressing the nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide.
 17. A vaccine comprising the polypeptide or the nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide of claim
 11. 